World Premiere run: Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre on June 17, 2015
Length: Full Length Play

Gloria came out in a very strong year for plays: "Hamilton" won the Pulitzer; the third finalist for the award was the Tony winner "The Humans" (Gloria was Off Broadway so it was not eligible for the Tony).

In the office of a Manhattan magazine, 3 editorial assistants and an intern, are trying to figure out how to do their jobs and still find a future - none of them plans to be 30 and still an assistant and yet they may end up doing exactly that. Their banter is somewhere between cruel and playful - and they have nothing but contempt for anyone who had been around for a long time and had not progressed and become a someone.

Before this day is over, 2 of the 4 will be dead and the other 2 will need to find a way to live with the reality of what happened.

The second act of the play deals with the aftermath of the tragedy - and how different people take it. One is shattered; the other one is still looking for a way to make a name for herself. It is not hard to figure out who will do what - people do not really change.

It is a satire of an industry which had needed to change and reinvent itself a few times. But as all good satires, it is hard sometimes to see the line between reality and satire, between fact and fiction. It is also a well-written examination of what a person have to be to succeed in that world - and of what someone is ready to give up in order to become famous. The end almost makes you laugh - because it almost feels like starting all over again - a different industry, a different town... and yet...

I really enjoyed this play.… (plus d'informations)

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AnnieMod | Jul 26, 2021 |

An Octoroon par Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

This is an A play that I encourage everyone to read. Actually, I'm encouraging you to grab that time machine you've been working on, set it to February 2015 and go see it on stage at Theatre For A New Audience. Oh, you actually aren't working on a time machine? Fuck, it's 2015, where the hell are our time machines?? Either way, you can't go back in time to see it, but you should read it because it's kind of a transcendent piece of theater. BJJ kills it, at writing and at life.

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Katie_Roscher | Jan 18, 2019 |