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Man From Nebraska
Man From Nebraska
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Author: Tracy Letts Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 66 Pub. Date: 2005 ISBN-10: 0822220172 ISBN-13: 9780822220176 Cast Size: 5 female, 4 male
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About
the Play:
Man From Nebraska has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Male Monologues and Female/Male Scenes (particularly suitable for those over 40 years old).
Man From Nebraska is a full-length drama by Tracy Letts.
A crisis of faith propels an ordinary middle-aged man from Nebraska
into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery. From the playwright
of August: Osage County, comes a fascinating exploration into what
happens when we lose our belief system and the characters that come
into our lives on the path to a meaningful existence.
Man From Nebraska is about a devout middle aged man named
Ken Carpenter who suddenly finds he has lost his faith, along with
his sense of purpose, prompting him to go on a wild adventure. A
luxury sedan, a church pew, a cafeteria table, a favourite TV show,
and visits to a nursing home form the comfortable cycles of the dull
daily life of middle-aged insurance salesman Ken Carpenter. Then one
night, he awakens to find that he no longer believes in God. To the
surprise of his very understanding (to a point) wife and his two
grown daughters who think he has lost his mind, Ken decides to find
himself and his faith by flying to London, where he was stationed
while in the Air Force. Along the way he encounters a world vastly
different from his own, filled with chance meetings and romantic
encounters that shake him to the core. He navigates through the new
and somewhat dangerous realm of British counter-culture and
ultimately finds his way back home. Tracy Letts's moving,
funny, and spiritually complex play dares to ask the big questions,
and by doing so, reveals the hidden yearning and emotion that spur
the eccentric behaviour of seemingly ordinary people.
Man From Nebraska premiered in 2003 at Steppenwolf Theatre
Company in Chicago, Illinois. It was named one of Time magazine's ten
best theater events of 2003 and was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer
Prize in Drama, heralding Tracy Letts' fine future as a
playwright. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has been successfully staged in professional, high school, college, and community theatre productions.
Cast: 5 female, 4 male
What people say:
"…[a] tremendously mature
and multifaceted portrait of the American…at the dawn of the 21st
century…goes to the very core of this country's identity."
— Chicago Sun-Times
"Man From Nebraska
is an uncommonly gentle and compassionate work." — The
New York Times
About the Playwright:
Tracy Letts is an American actor and writer for the stage,
television and movies who has received major awards for both
vocations, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play
August: Osage County. He is a member of the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company in Chicago, where August: Osage County
premiered.
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