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Yankee Tavern
Yankee Tavern
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Author: Steven Dietz Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 59 Pub. Date: 2010 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822223848 ISBN-13: 9780822223849 Cast Size: 1 female, 3 male
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About
the Play:
Yankee Tavern is a full-length dramatic thriller by Steven
Dietz. A man walks into a bar... what happens next will leave
audiences riveted. A young couple is caught in a web of conspiracy
theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks, when in an instant outlandish
hypothesis becomes dangerous reality as critical facts continue to
emerge. Yankee Tavern is a taut, edge of your seat political thriller!
Yankee Tavern is set in a crumbling New York bar, in which
a young man grapples with questions about his father's best friend,
his mysterious past, and a stranger who knows much more than he
should about the September 11th terrorist attacks. Just when you thought you'd heard every crazy 9/11 conspiracy
theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern and orders two beers,
one for himself and one for his absent buddy. Yes, it sounds like the
set-up for a joke, but with his chilling play, the prolific Steven
Dietz has something darker and more sobering in mind. There,
inside the walls of this dingy hotel bar, a young couple find
themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all.
This acclaimed and widely produced thriller is a fierce,
funny and ultimately mind-bending work of theatrical power that grips
you until the final word. What you don't know can hurt you. This
edge-of-you-seat 9/11 conspiracy thriller will pack the house!
Yankee Tavern premiered in 2009 at Florida Stage in
Manalapan, Florida. The play has been performed in regional repertory, high school, college, and
community theatre productions.
Cast: 1 female, 3 male
What people say:
"A guy walks into a bar and
orders two beers, one for himself and one for his absent buddy. Yes,
it sounds like the set-up for a joke, but with his chilling new play,
Yankee Tavern, the prolific Steven
Dietz has something darker and more sobering in mind.
Dietz is a master of smart dialogue and wily storytelling. He draws
us in with characters that intrigue, but the stories they spin can do
a number on our beliefs and leave us shattered. The American theater
has a rich tradition of barroom plays, of which Yankee
Tavern now becomes a part. Here's a toast to Dietz and his
play, which should work its way through the nation's new play network
with the staying power of a juicy conspiracy theory." —
Palm Beach Arts Paper
" Yankee Tavern is
one helluva show. You'll be scared by the intimations of Act One.
You'll be moved by the awful events of Act Two. And when the terrible
day is discussed, you will hear the millennium's fresh ghosts
rattling through the walls of the theater…and feel their unhappy
gaze beaming from the tavern's smudged, stained-glass windows."
— Palm Beach New Times
" Yankee Tavern is
a cousin to John Patrick Shanley's Doubt: The play isn't really about
what did or didn't happen; it's about the agony of uncertainty. The
play's lightning flashes come from Dietz's insights into Americans'
obsession with conspiracies." — Miami Herald
"A superb playwright…an
edge-of-your-seat thriller." — Palm Beach Daily News
About the Playwright:
Steven Dietz is one of America's most widely-produced
contemporary playwrights, known for his quirky comedies that are popular
at regional theatres. Since 1983, his thirty-plus plays
have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United
States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been
seen in over 20 countries and his work has been translated into 10
languages. He teaches playwriting and directing at the University of
Texas at Austin.
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