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Pride's Crossing

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Tina Howe

Finalist! 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Named Best American Play by the N.Y. Drama Critics Circle

"A play you will remember and forever cherish." - N.Y. Post

Pride's Crossing

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
Accolades
Accolades
  • Finalist! 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
    Named Best American Play by the N.Y. Drama Critics Circle

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Summary
At ninety, Mabel Tidings Bigelow insists on celebrating her daughter and granddaughter's annual visit with an archaic croquet party. As it unfolds, she relives vignettes from the last eighty years that subtly interleave past and present to reveal the precise moment of opportunity lost and love rejected that define her life. A vibrant portrait of Mabel takes shape: her flashes of wit and humor, resilience, disappointments, youthful spunk and geriatric willfulness. Her Boston blue blood family expected daughters to applaud from the sidelines, but Mabel had one shining moment of achievement: she was the first woman to swim the English channel. Her willfulness did not extend to rejecting a socially ideal fiancee for love. Pride's Crossing is a rewarding challenge for a talented cast.
History

Pride's Crossing premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA in January 1997 under the direction of Jack O'Brien.

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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Multiple locations
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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REVIEWS

"A play you will remember and forever cherish. " - N.Y. Post

"Infused with Ms. Howe's lyrical sense of mortality.... The dramatist's ear for the music in everyday conversation is obvious." - The New York Times

"A lovely achievement." - Variety

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Authors

Tina Howe

Tina Howe

Tina Howe (1937-2023) was a prolific and influential American playwright. Her most produced plays include Birth and After Birth, Museum, The Art of Dining, Painting Churches, Coastal Disturbances, Approaching Zanzibar and Pride’s Crossing. These and other works premiered at t ...

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