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In the Boom Boom Room

In the Boom Boom Room

David Rabe

In the Boom Boom Room

In the Boom Boom Room

David Rabe

Overview

A revised version from the author of Sticks and Bones and Hurlyburly turns his attention to the seedy underbelly of American life. Chrissy is a go-go dancer in the squalid "Boom Boom Room". Resigned to a life populated by denizens offering little more than drugs, sex and violence, she searches for love and beauty against this backdrop of nihilistic hedonism. Her desperate need to survive at any cost offers a glimmer of hope amid the glare of broken neon.

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol

Details

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

David Rabe

David Rabe
Born in Iowa, David Rabe graduated from Loras College and started work on a M.A. in Theater in the Villanova University graduate program. After dropping out, he was drafted into the Army in 1965 and he then spent 1966 in Vietnam. Returning to the States, he went back to Villa ...
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