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Realistic Joneses, The

  • Will Eno
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573703102

In The Realistic Joneses, we meet two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Nominee! 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award
    Nominee! 2014 Drama League Award
In The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities.

REVIEWS:

"Plays as funny and moving, as wonderful and weird as The Realistic Joneses, by Will Eno, do not appear often on Broadway. Or ever, really."

 The New York Times

"Mr. Eno's voice may be the most singular of his generation, but it's humane, literate and slyly hilarious. He makes the most mundane language caper and dance, revealing how absurd attempts at communication can be. He also burrows into the heart of his characters to reveal the core of their humanity: the fear and loneliness and unspoken love that mostly remains hidden beneath the surface as we plug away at life, come what may... For all the sadness woven into its fabric, The Realistic Joneses brought me a pleasurable rush virtually unmatched by anything I've seen this season."

 The New York Times

"Eno's dialogue is a marvel of compression and tonal control, trivial chitchat flipping into cosmic profundity with striking ease... there's much to savor: the dry but meaningful banter, the joy of humans sharing time and space, battling the darkness with a joke or silence. Life in Enoland isn't what you'd call realistic -- it's more real than that."

 Time Out New York

"...each line is sharply refined with dry wit and packed with underlying meaning. The characters are written with impressive realism..."

 The Oregonian

"Will Eno has written a play of such extraordinary wit and insight, so carefully constructed, resonates for days. Lines of dialogue peal through your thoughts like distant bells."

 Edge Media

Premiere Production: The Realistic Joneses premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre under the direction of Sam Gold, before appearing on Broadway in 2014.
  • Casting: 2M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Non-Traditional casting

  • BOB JONES - Jennifer's husband
    JENNIFER JONES - Bob's wife
    JOHN JONES - Bob and Jennifer's new neighbor; husband to Pony
    PONY JONES - Bob and Jennifer's new neighbor; wife to John
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    In The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities.

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