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Luther

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 4m, 1any gender (adult)

Ethan Lipton

CRITIC'S PICK! "The play oozes with a moral ambiguity that will stick to your bones and your conscience long after you’ve left the theater." - The New York Times

Luther

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 4m, 1any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
The world is a hard place for a returning war-vet. Lucky for Luther, he's been adopted by a couple of caring urbanites like Walter and Marjorie. A darkly comic examination of America's uneasy relationship with our veterans which begs the question who is more detached from reality: the soldier or those he is protecting?
History

Luther premiered as a part of the Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival at the HERE Arts Center in New York City in June 2012 under the direction of Ken Rus Schmoll.

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Performing Groups
MARJORIE FORMAN - a freelancer, early 40s
LUTHER SHAW FORMAN - a veteran of war. mid 20s
WALTER FORMAN - a businessman. mid 40s
TOM - a caterer, early 30s
MORRIS McHENRY - a stranger. early 40s
CAPTAIN JAMES - a policeman, mid 40s
PHIL AND JULIE - business people, played by puppets
OFFICER - played by a puppet
FRANK LIEBOWITZ - a legal advocate, played by a puppet

Tom and Captain James should be played by the same actor. All four puppet characters should be played by one actor (female or male) and those characters should be portrayed with as much gravity and humanity as possible.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A world much like ours. Soon.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission, Puppetry
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

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CRITIC'S PICK! "The play oozes with a moral ambiguity that will stick to your bones and your conscience long after you’ve left the theater." - The New York Times 

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Authors

Ethan Lipton

Ethan Lipton
Ethan Lipton is a Brooklyn-based playwright and songwriter. Produced plays include Tumacho, Red-Handed Otter, Luther, Goodby April Hello May, 100 Aspects of the Moon and Meat. His musicals No Place to Go (Obie Award) and The Outer Space (Lortel nom.) were produced by the Publ ...
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