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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 4m
Sarah Ruhl
A deeply personal work by award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl – written as a birthday gift for her mother – that offers a loving look at a family’s view of death, life and the allure of never growing up.
Image: 2016 Actors Theatre of Louisville Production (Bill Brymer)
When Ann thinks of her father, she immediately remembers playing Peter Pan in her hometown theater in Iowa, particularly when he used to bring her flowers after her performance. Her memory is jogged by the fact that she and her four siblings are in their father’s hospital room during his final moments. His death sparks a conversational wake that includes everything from arguments over politics to when each sibling realized that they grew up. A loving look at a family’s view of death, life and the allure of never growing up.
For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday premiered at the Actors Theatre of Louisville as a part of the Humana Festival in March 2016 under the direction of Les Waters.
1, ANN – Between 60 and 70. Plays Peter Pan.2, JOHN – In his late 60s. Plays John in Peter Pan.3, JIM – In his mid-sixties. Plays Captain James Hook in Peter Pan.4, MICHAEL – In his early sixties. Plays Michael in Peter Pan.5, WENDY – In her late fifties. Plays Wendy in Peter Pan.GEORGE – In his eighties. In part 1, a dying man; in part 2, a ghost; in part 3, himself.
Sometime in the Clinton era. And in the land of memory. And Neverland, which has no time.
“A work that is equal parts dark and light, recalling the ebullient excitement of youth, but also confronting the hard fact of mortality.” – The New York Times
“There is an intrinsic lyricism to Ruhl’s ideas as well as her language in this work... Ruhl’s writing also gives voice to a binding love between siblings that overcomes conflicting beliefs.” – The Courier-Journal
“A work that is equal parts dark and light, recalling the ebullient excitement of youth, but also confronting the hard fact of mortality… Ruhl’s imagination is among the most adventurous at play today in the theater.” – The New York Times“Sarah Ruhl imbues the fantastical with a singular logic that is only hers but becomes yours during the course of the evening. She gives a map to a kind of preternatural joy; only when the curtain comes down do you remember that we cannot fly, time travel, or conjure our departed loved ones.” – Mary-Louise Parker“Having For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday to transport me back to my childhood now that ‘no one is standing sentry between (me) and death’ is a gift for which I lack adequate words to thank the playwright who wrote it for me.” – Kathleen Kehoe Ruhl (the playwright’s mother)
ON BREAKING CHARACTERPlaywright’s Perspective: For Peter Panby Sarah Ruhl28 February 2018
For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday – Forward Theater Company
For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday at Actors Theatre of Louisville
Director Les Waters on For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
Actress Kathleen Chalfant on For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
Image: 2016 Berkeley Repertory Theatre Production (Kevin Berne)
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, The Oldest Boy, Stage Kiss, Dear Elizabeth, Eurydice, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Orlando, Late ...
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