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I Wanna Fucking Tear You Apart

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 1m

Morgan Gould

Morgan Gould's comedy about two best friends and roommates – fat girl and gay guy against the world – is an ode to the complications of friendship in its many fucked-up forms.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Samantha and Leo are a team—best friends and roommates, fat girl and gay guy against the world—until a new friend upends their cozy co-dependent diet of mutual self-loathing and Grey’s Anatomy marathons. An ode to the complications of friendship in its many fucked-up forms, with a special nod to a kind of love that sometimes looks a lot like rage.

History
I Wanna Fucking Tear You Apart was developed by and with the Brooklyn College MFA Writer’s Workshop, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and through the 2016 Beatrice Terry Award/ Drama League. In February 2017, the play ran at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. The production was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.
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Performing Groups
SAMANTHA (Sam) – 30ish
LEO – 30ish
CHLOE – 24 or something disgusting
Plus others maybe
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    Sam and Leo's apartment. The present.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Media

★★★★★ “Witty, funny dialogue... A comic jewel masking the bruised heart we all carry.” – DC Theatre Scene

“Morgan Gould’s new play is so authentically rendered you feel as if you’d hacked into someone’s phone and read all their texts.” – Washington Post

“Packed with hilarious one-liners and touching moments, the script does a fantastic job of portraying the ups and downs of even the closest friendships.” – The Hawk Chicago

“I Wanna Fucking Tear You Apart shows every bit as much promise as Edward Albee’s early work, arguably more. That Morgan Gould can be mentioned in the penumbra of this playwriting giant is a tribute to her voice, craft and conscience.” – DC Metro Theatre Arts

“Acerbically funny and potent... Writer-director Morgan Gould cuts deep with this edgy, funny, foul-mouthed tale of friendship.” – Metroweekly

★★★★★ “Witty, funny dialogue delivered with ninja precision... a pure joy to watch. A comic jewel masking the bruised heart we all carry.” – DC Theatre Scene

“Fresh and relevant... Gould's script is utterly relatable and highly adaptable, yet hardly predictable.” – Broadway World

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