Seminar

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Seminar

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2f, 3m

by Theresa Rebeck

“FIVE STARS! Sexy, savvy and uproarious!” - Time Out New York


Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2f, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Scene work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee! 2012 Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play
Seminar

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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
Seminar opened on Broadway on November 20, 2011 and was presented by Jeffrey Finn, Jill Furman, John N. Hart Jr. and Patrick Milling Smith, Roy Furman, David Ian, David Mirvish, Amy Nauiokas, and James Spry, with associate producers Matthew Schneider, Wak
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

Media

REVIEWS

“FIVE STARS! Sexy, savvy and uproarious!” - David Cote, Time Out New York

“BIG LAUGHS! AN AUTHENTIC RUSH OF PLEASURE.” - Ben Brantley, The New York Times

“ONE OF REBECK’S BEST WORKS.” - Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

“Theresa Rebeck hits plenty of bull’s-eyes, so sit back and enjoy the ride.” - Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post

“The Funniest show on Broadway!” – Joan Hamberg, WOR Radio

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Videos

  • Seminar at Center Theatre Group

  • Scenes from Seminar on Broadway

Photos

  • Seminar

    Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £69 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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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 ...

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