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Seminar
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
In this biting and provocative Broadway comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, innocence collides with experience as four aspiring young novelists partake in private writing classes with a recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instructor.
Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)
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Cast Size
2w, 3m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Suggested Use
- Monologues
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Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
Nominee: 2012 Drama League Award, Distinguished Production of a Play
Details
Summary
In Seminar, a provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon, and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting
A nice apartment on the Upper West Side of New York City.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Strong Language
Media
“Big laughs... an authentic rush of pleasure.” – The New York Times
“FIVE STARS! Sexy, savvy and uproarious.” - Time Out New York
“One of Rebeck's best works.” – Associated Press
“Theresa Rebeck hits plenty of bull’s-eyes, so sit back and enjoy the ride.” – New York Post
“The funniest show on Broadway!” – WOR Radio
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
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Videos
Seminar at Center Theatre Group
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Scenes from Seminar on Broadway
Photos
Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Theresa Rebeck
Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad. New York productions of her work include Dead Accounts at the Music Box Theatre; Seminar at the Golden Theatre; Mauritius at the Biltmore Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club Production; Th ...