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Is God Is
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 4m
Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award, this darkly funny and unapologetic tale of revenge by Aleshea Harris evokes the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western and Afropunk.
Image: 2018 Soho Rep Production (Julieta Cervantes)
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Cast Size
4w, 4m -
Duration
105 Minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
Winner! 2018 Obie Award for Playwriting
Winner! 2016 Relentless Award
Details
Summary
Is God Is is a modern myth about twin sisters who sojourn from the Dirty South to the California desert to exact righteous revenge. Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award, Aleshea Harris evokes the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western and Afropunk in this darkly funny and unapologetic tale of revenge.Winner of the 2016 Relentless Award, this darkly funny and unapologetic tale of revenge by Aleshea Harris evokes the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western and Afropunk.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Stage Combat
- Duration 105 Minutes
Media
“A rich, funny, unnerving, exhilarating gold mine.” – New York Magazine
“A snarly new master of high-octane carnage has risen into view. And she - yes, she - is putting her own audacious stamp on that most venerable of pop genres… Is God Is sees fit to bring down the house.” – The New York Times
“Excellent revenge fantasy… furious and incandescent.” – Time Out New York
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Is God Is: Revitalizing Australian Theatre
30 August 2023
Photos
Image: 2021 Royal Court Theatre Production (Tristram Kenton)
Image: 2018 Soho Rep Production (Julieta Cervantes)
Image: 2018 Soho Rep Production (Julieta Cervantes)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Aleshea Harris
Aleshea Harris’s play Is God Is (directed by Taibi Magar at Soho Rep and Ola Ince at the Royal Court) won the 2016 Relentless Award, an Obie Award for playwriting in 2017, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award in 2019 and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. What ...