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The Flick
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1f, 3m
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
Image: 2013 Playwrights Horizons Production (Joan Marcus)
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Cast Size
1f, 3m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Not Applicable -
Suggested Use
- Monologues
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Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Winner! 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting
Winner! 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Nominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play
Nominee! 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play
Finalist! 2013 New York Critics Circle Award, Best Play
Details
Summary
In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
History
The Flick premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on March 12, 2013. Directed by Sam Gold, the production featured Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher and Aaron Clifton Moten.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period New Millennium/21st Century
- Setting A movie theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts. Summer 2012.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Drugs
Media
“Funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinking.” – New York Magazine
“Funny, heartbreaking, sly, and unblinking. The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater.” – New York Magazine, Read More Here
“Ms. Baker is a master miniaturist chasing big themes – love and loyalty; kindness and cruelty; fantasy and reality... The dialogue is uncannily, you-are-there authentic.” – New York Daily News, Read More Here
“Annie Baker... is hot to the touch and still turning out must-watch work.” – Variety, Read More Here
★★★★ “A hypnotic, heartbreaking, micro-epic about movies and moving on. Irreducibly theatrical.” – Time Out New York, Read More Here
“Exhilarating... Utterly in tune at every moment.” – Village Voice, Read More Here
“Perfection... Annie Baker is a genuine original, the real thing. She follows last season's Uncle Vanya version with this bold absolutely mesmerizing comic drama.” – Huffington Post
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
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by Sean Demers
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by Annette Storckman
February 2, 2015
Photos
Image: 2013 Playwrights Horizons Production (Joan Marcus)
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Annie Baker
Annie Baker's full-length plays include The Flick (Playwrights Horizons, OBIE Award for Playwriting, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons, OBIE Award for Best New American Play, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Aliens (Ratt ...
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