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Sundown, Yellow Moon
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
In this critically acclaimed play with music, twin sisters Ray and Joey return to their southern hometown to help their recently divorced father. In facing their personal and familial conflicts, the three family members seek redemption and attempt to move on.
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Cast Size
3w, 4m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Not Applicable -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Ray and Joey, twin sisters, have returned home to their small southern town to help their father in a moment of crisis. He is recently divorced and has just had an altercation with the administration at the school where he teaches. Joey is about to head off to Berlin on a Fulbright scholarship, while Ray has just left her job and a romantic relationship with her boss. The family comes together and sees friends from their pasts, but they can’t get over the ennui that is associated with moving on from where they’ve been to where they will be.
History
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting
A small college town somewhere very green and humid, like Tennessee. Late July.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Strong Language
Media
Critic’s Pick! “Ms. Bonds and the Bengsons know the redemptive joy of singing your sorrows and finding the rhymes in a world without reason.” – The New York Times
“Sundown, Yellow Moon is a softly-glowing night-light of a narrative, a beacon of memory illuminating a forgotten childhood hallway.” – Exeunt Magazine
Critic's Pick! “Ms. Bonds and the Bengsons know the redemptive joy of singing your sorrows and finding the rhymes in a world without reason.” – The New York Times
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
A Profound Kind of Intimacy: A Conversation with Playwright Rachel Bonds
3 December 2024
Videos
Audience responses to Sundown, Yellow Moon
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Critics’ response to Sundown, Yellow Moon
Music
Song Samples
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Rachel Bonds
Rachel Bonds is a playwright, screenwriter, essayist and writer for scripted podcasts. Her plays have been developed or produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, Ars Nova, MCC, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, The McCarter, The Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Rep ...
