Work Information

Fantasy and reality blur as the play examines care, intimacy, and survival.

Mae returns home to face her ill father, a lost relationship, and the gap left by unemployment. An imaginary cowboy enters and shifts reality, bringing the emotions between vulnerability and desire into view.

Book Information

Publisher

Northwestern Univ Pr

Published

2017-06-15

Pages

104 pages

Language

英語

Size

15.24 x 1.78 x 22.86 cm

ISBN-13

9780810135284

ISBN-10

0810135280

Price

3277 JPY

Category

洋書/Literature & Fiction/Drama/United States

Winner of a 2015 Obie Award for Playwriting Mae has returned home to help her father while he undergoes treatment for cancer. But she needs a little help herself. She’s just lost her boyfriend and her job. (It turns out there are consequences to dating your boss . . .) And she’s desperately craving intimacy of any sort. Mae escapes into the the arms of a chain-smoking, imaginary Cowboy who turns her on and ties her up. And she escapes into chatter with her siblings as they attempt to distract and entertain themselves in a hospital waiting room. But ultimately, it’s her deep love for her father that teaches Mae to remain optimistic and ambitious in the face of suffering and that gets her back on track.

CLARE BARRON is a playwright and actor from Wenatchee, Washington. Her play You Got Older was produced by Page 73 in New York City in 2014. It won an Obie Award, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

Related Literary Awards

• Whiting Awards Edition 32 (2017) ・Winner