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Yankee Tavern

Yankee Tavern
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
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

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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