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Goose and Tomtom
Goose and Tomtom
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Author: David Rabe Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. Format: Softcover # of Pages: 123 Pub. Date: 1986 ISBN-10: 0573662312 ISBN-13: 9780573662317 Cast Size: 2 women, 7 men
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About
the Play:
Goose and Tomtom has long been a favourite of acting
teachers for male/male scenes.
Goose and Tomtom is a full-length dark comedy by David
Rabe. The Tony-winning writer of Hurlyburly again explores
the struggle between hope and anguish in the human spirit in this
wild surrealistic comedy involving two underworld gangsters, their
girlfriend, and a search for their stolen jewels.
Goose and Tomtom is full of danger and secret plots
involving the two title characters and missing jewels. Goose and
Tomtom are a pair of small-time jewel thieves united in a strangely
unsettling friendship and the constant fight to prove to themselves
and others how tough they are. They wield guns and engage in macho
posturing, but are actually controlled and directed by their
diamond-craving, gold-digging accomplice, the seductive Lorraine. She
uses sex and emotion as her weapons, getting the boys to play her
sadistic games. Goose and Tomtom have amassed collection of gems,
only to have them ripped off by a rival gang. But their frantic
scheming to recover the missing gems suddenly begins to betray them
in mysterious ways, they find themselves trapped into a kidnapping
and a murder over which they seem to have no control. Or do they?
David Rabe's language creates and re-creates reality in
constantly surprising ways, magically dramatizing the danger of the
power of illusions – and the illusion of power – with force and
insight.
Goose and Tomtom premiered in 1982 at The Public Theater
during the New York Shakespeare Festival. The West Coast premiere was
in 1991 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood with a cast that
included Richard Schiff who won a Drama-Logue Award for his starring
role as Goose. The play has
become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and
workshops.
Cast: 2 female, 7 male
What people say:
"Through poetic dialogue and
lurid hypersensitivity, Rabe throws together life's simple pleasures
and the great unexplained mysteries of the universe...a wild,
high-energy ride through plot and action." — LAist
"[Goose and Tomtom] is almost
always hilarious. Or unsettling. Or both." — Los
Angeles Times
About the Playwright:
David Rabe has been hailed as one of America's greatest
living playwrights. Four of his plays have been nominated for the
Tony Award, including one win for Best Play. He is the recipient of
an Obie Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, Drama
Desk Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and three
Hull-Warriner Awards for playwriting, among others. He is also the
author of numerous screenplays, two critically acclaimed novels and a
collection of short stories. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, David Rabe
lives with his family in Northwest Connecticut.
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