Freedomland (play)
| Freedomland | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Premiere | |
| Date | November 1997 |
| Place | South Coast Repertory |
Freedomland is a 1998 comedy play written by Amy Freed. The plot revolves around the family reunion of the Underfingers gone wrong.[1] It was finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[2][3]
Freedomland was produced Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, running from December 16, 1998, to January 3, 1999. Directed by Howard Shalwitz, the cast featured Veanne Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, and Heather Goldenhersh.[4] The "darkly satiric comedy" premiered at the South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in November 1997. The title is based on the "name of a Wild West theme park in the Bronx, where Freed grew up."[5]
See also
- Freedomland U.S.A., the former Bronx theme park
References
- ↑ Brantley, Ben (17 December 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; in a Family This Skewed, Those Ids Run Amok". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Drama" pulitzer.org, accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ "Drama's Amy Freed a Pulitzer finalist" Stanford Report, April 15, 1998
- ↑ "Freedomland Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed January 1, 2016
- ↑ Simonson, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. "Playwrights Horizons Ventures To Freed's 'Freedomland' Nov. 27" Playbill, November 26, 1998