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Wink (Silverman)

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 3m

Jen Silverman

A dark comedy about the thin, thin line between savagery and civilization.

Wink (Silverman)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Wink follows unhappy housewife Sofie and her breadwinning husband Gregor who both seek weekly counseling from an unorthodox therapist, Doctor Frans. Their current topic of disagreement: the cat, Wink. When Wink goes missing, violent desires, domestic anarchy and feline vengeance emerge, threatening the neatly ordered reality Sophie, Gregor and Doctor Frans have constructed.
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  • Duration 75 Minutes

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"Silverman blends satire, laughter, and love magnificently in her perceptive, raucous comedy..." - Theatrius

"All the characters have their own obsessions that become more and more extreme as the play goes on... profoundly transforming them in inventively unexpected ways." - Marin Independent Journal

"Beautifully written... bursting with dark humor." - Talkin' Broadway

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Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Plays include: The Roommate (Broadway: The Booth Theatre; Regionally: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Steppenwolf, South Coast Repertory Theatre, etc.); Highway ...

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