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Little Bird
Little Bird
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Author: Mary Gallagher Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Format: Softcover # of Pages: 73 Pub. Date: 1984 ISBN-10: 0822206722 ISBN-13: 9780822206729 Cast Size: 2 women, 2 men
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About
the Play:
Little Bird is a full length comedy / drama by Mary
Gallagher. A touching, funny yet deeply perceptive study of four
well intentioned young people seeking to find their identities, each
having rejected middle-class life in their own way and the mishaps of
their fated interdependence. This remarkable first play introduced a
new writer of exceptional originality and sensitivity to the theatre.
Little Bird is set in Kelly's apartment in a rundown
section of Cleveland, flanked by universities and now infiltrated by
middle-class inmovers. Kelly, a laid-back young artist who is finding
it difficult to paint, ekes out a meagre living helping his friend
Clint make custom furniture. Also on hand are Clint's lover, Prandy,
a free-spirited "drop out" who now works as a waitress; and
Prandy's vulnerable and somewhat "up-tight" younger sister,
Maura, who is half-heartedly completing college. The central action
of the play involves the complicated and sometimes stormy interaction
of these four highly individualistic protagonists, each of whom, in
his or her own way, has rejected the conventions of traditional
middle-class life. The crisis of the play comes when Prandy announces
that she is pregnant and Clint, who had previously planned to take
off for parts unknown, refuses to change his plans despite her
condition. Prandy's embittered decision to have an abortion drives a
wedge between her and her more conventional sister, a rift which is
widened still further when Maura embarks on an affair with the much
older (and disturbingly haphazard) Kelly. In the end, when Clint
returns from his wanderings, a reconciliation of sorts is achieved
among the four – impelled by the deep-seated affection and concern
that they feel for each other, but also tempered by the hurt and
anger which have tested, and yet perhaps deepened, their fated
interdependence.
Little Bird premiered in 1977 at The American Conservatory
Theatre in San Francisco, was further developed at the Hudson Guild
Theatre, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and the Ensemble Studio
Theatre. It was produced in 1980 at the 78th Street Theatre Lab in
New York City.
Cast: 2 women, 2 men
What people say:
"…a riveting comedy about
the relationship between two sisters and their boyfriends…."
— New York Daily News
"Together and separately, they
face fear, loneliness and the terrors and joys of loving
relationships." — Berkshire Courier
"A funny, fast-paced play…."
— Berkshire Eagle
"…moments of genuinely
moving theatre." — Springfield Daily News
About the Playwright:
Mary Gallagher is an American playwright, screenwriter,
novelist, actress, director and teacher. She currently teaches
playwriting and screenwriting at New York University/Tisch School of
the Arts. She has written screenplays for Paramount, MGM, HBO, NBC,
CBS, Lifetime and Showtime.
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Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson
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