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Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (TCG Edition)
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary theatre, social issues, and powerful character studies that combine humour with harrowing truths.
An electrifying, incisive portrait of women living on the margins of society from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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"Guirgis, a lifelong New Yorker and a properly profane bard of the city, is a wizard at getting language to flow hot, funny, and fast... Guirgis's rough-cut gem of a play is rich with revelation and barbed empathy." - Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker
Stephen Adly Guirgis brings his prodigious gifts for exploring the lives of social outcasts to new heights in this play about the inner workings of a women's halfway house in New York City, where the unmoored residents struggle with addiction, abuse, and mental illness. Between daily therapy sessions, they clash with the staff and each other, form alliances, and fall in love. Harrowing, humorous, and heartbreaking, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven roaringly brings to life the experiences of women who society has tried to shuffle out of sight and out of mind.
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Praised as a "vibrant and expansive comic drama," this play captivates with its rich portrayal of flawed, deeply human characters. Critics highlight its emotional depth and compelling realism, calling it "the funniest, saddest play of the year" and "a female Iceman Cometh for this century." The New Yorker commends its "barbed empathy," while the Hollywood Reporter notes the characters' ability to confront uncomfortable realities.
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ISBN: 9781559369893
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 December 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 136.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 120
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StephenAdly Guirgis'sother plays include Between Riverside and Crazy (Pulitzer Prize forDrama), The Motherfucker with the Hat, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train,Our Lady of 121st Street, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Heis a former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His other awardsinclude the Yale Windham-Campbell Prize, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, a Whiting Award,and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.
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