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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 3m
Theresa Rebeck
As caramelized onions and garlic fry up in the onstage kitchen, tempers are boiling over. Theresa Rebeck’s sizzling contemporary comedy, set in the kitchen of a boutique Brooklyn restaurant, wrestles hilariously with the conflict between art and commerce.
Image: 2019 MCC Theater Production (Joan Marcus)
Winner! Four 2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Brilliant, hot-headed chef Harry scores a mention in a food magazine with his signature scallops, and his business partner Mike finally sees profits within reach. The only problem is Harry refuses to recreate his masterpiece for the masses. Mix in a shrewd restaurant consultant and a waiter with dreams of his own, and it all goes to hell in this hilarious and insightful new play that asks us to consider where art ends and commerce begins.
A restaurant kitchen in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The present.
“A fast-paced workplace comedy that even non-foodies will find hilarious.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“Brilliant… a feat of delicious theater.” – Daily Beast
“Rebeck cooks up a storm in her raucously funny new play about genius in the kitchen.” – The Wrap
“Intense, fast-paced and blisteringly funny, the restaurant-kitchen comedy Seared is an outstanding accomplishment.” – Times Union (Williamstown, MA)
“Very entertaining… thanks to Rebeck’s talent for fast and funny, profane dialogue.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“An enjoyable, fast-paced comedy… Seared balances humor and drama with a light hand to create well-prepared stakes: They are high enough to be relatable and engaging, but not so intense as to clench teeth (or roll eyes).” – Santa Barbara Independent
“Darkly funny, deliciously detailed… The haute cuisine of contemporary drama.” – Theaterdogs
“It’s fascinating in an edge-of-the-seat sort of way, and the element of suspense is maintained to the extent that you almost want to jump up and tell the characters what to do and say.” – ArtsPreview
“Rebeck’s dialogue is sparking and clever.” – Talkin’ Broadway
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Dig, I Need That and Seared: Three Character-Rich Comic Dramas from Theresa Rebeck
5 February 2025
Seared – MCC Trailer
Seared – MCC Theater Panel featuring Theresa Rebeck
Seared – San Francisco Playhouse Trailer
Seared – CBS Spot with 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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