G. R. Point by David Berry
Basics
Original title: "Spiders Talk Upon The Lawn"
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Playwright
G.R. Point won him an Obie Award for Distinguished Playwriting and a Drama Desk Nomination for Best New American Play in 1977. The play was produced on Broadway in 1979, directed by William Devane and starring Michael Moriarity, Michael Jeter, and Howard Rollins, Brent Jennings, Lori Tan Chinn, and others. The play of The Whales of August was initially produced as a staged reading in the First Stage program of Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland in 1980. It was also presented in Providence, Rhode Island, as a regional theatre premiere, by Trinity Repertory Company in 1981 where it was directed by Trinity Rep's Artistic Director, Adrian Hall. Whales of August had its New York City premiere off-off Broadway in a production at the WPA Theatre in 1982 directed by William Ludel and its Chicago premiere at the Victory Garden Theatre in 1984, directed by Dennis Zacek .Berry has taught playwrighting at the National Theatre Institute of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, as well as for the Worcester, Massachusetts, Consortium for Higher Education. In 2005 he began teaching screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City
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Language English
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Genre Drama
Males 8 Females 1
There is no mentioning or guidance on extras, but this is set on an army base so I think their is room interpretation
Breakdown 2 acts with 4 scenes per act
Runtime Not available. Author states that if runtime “exceeds one hour and a half the text’s rhythms and pace are Off-Center.”
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