The City in the City in the City - Softcover

Capodicasa, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798888560778

Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing Inc, 2026

Synopsis

Tess’s mother dies just before they are supposed to leave for the ancient city-state of Mastavia to retrieve a package left for them by Tess’s estranged father. Unwilling to give up the mission, Tess posts an ad online for a traveling companion with her mother’s exact name, and meets a new Laura, a mysterious woman eager to escape her life. This unlikely duo sets off on a journey to this strange city of doubles, mystifying bureaucracy, ancient graves, and a hidden world neither of them expected to encounter.

“Matthew Capodicasa’s kaleidoscopic, fantastical play is a roller coaster ride … full of twists, turns, blind corners and about-faces. To keep up you’ll have to glue your eyes to the stage for a gripping 100 minutes … The show is powered by the tour-de-force performances of just two actresses … who transform themselves — sometimes at warp speed — into more than 30 characters … The [play] unfolds in a torrent of words as bits of narration, stage directions, conversations and thoughts — sometimes spoken in unison and other times fired off in fragments. Humor pops up unexpectedly, as it does in dark children’s stories … What’s the play all about? Interpretations could take many directions. There are references to war, refugees and the misery of people the more fortunate prefer to ignore. Echoes of alienation thread through the story. In the end, it’s probably up to audiences to devise their own explanations. The show gives them plenty of material to work with.” —Jan Sjostrom, Florida Theater On Stage

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798888560778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171