About
the Play:
Seminar has long been a favourite of acting
teachers for Female Monologues, Male Monologues, and Female/Male Scenes.
Seminar is a full-length comedy by Theresa Rebeck.
Four young writers are thrilled to be participating in a private
seminar taught by the brilliant but unpredictable Leonard, an
international literary legend. But as Leonard deems some students
more promising than others, tensions arise.
Seminar follows four aspiring novelists who take a ten-week
private course in an Upper West Side apartment with Leonard, an
internationally-known writer and editor. Under Leonard's recklessly
brilliant and unorthodox instruction some students thrive while others flounder. The four become rivals – alliances are made and betrayed, sex is used as a weapon and hearts
get broken. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as
innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy of words. Seminar is a
provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck.
Seminar premiered in 2011 at the Golden Theater on Broadway in
New York City. The West Coast premiere was in 2012 at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The play has become a
favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and
been
performed in regional repertory, college, and community theatre
productions.
Cast: 2 female, 3 male
What people say:
"Big laughs! An authentic rush
of pleasure." — The New York Times
"Five Stars! Sexy, savvy and
uproarious." — Time Out New York
"Theresa Rebeck
hits plenty of bull’s-eyes, so sit back and enjoy the ride."
— New York Post
"One of Rebeck’s best
works." — Associated Press
"The Funniest show on
Broadway." — WOR Radio
"Seminar is
tight, witty and consistently entertaining." — Hollywood
Reporter
"A surprising and witty
90-minute comedy." — The Wall Street Journal
"Enormously entertaining."
— Variety
About the Playwright:
Theresa Rebeck is an American playwright, director, television
writer, and novelist. She is the most Broadway-produced female
playwright of our time. Her plays include Bad Dates, Omnium
Gatherum (co-written, Pulitzer finalist), Spike Heels, and
Mauritius, which won Boston's prestigious IRNE and Elliot
Norton Awards. Her work in television includes NYPD Blue for which
she has won the Peabody, the Writer's Guild, and the Mystery Writers
of America's Edgar awards.