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Year of Magical Thinking, The

  • Joan Didion
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 1F
  • ISBN: 9780307386410

"This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you..."

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

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

  • Performance Group:
  • Shoestring Budget, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Senior Theatre
"This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you..."

In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief... a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.

REVIEWS:

"The passion lies underneath...this quirky, defiantly literary play... Her writing sounds like an out-of-body experience."

 Washington Post

Premiere Production: The Broadway production of The Year of Magical Thinking opened at the Booth Theatre starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare.
  • Casting: 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), All Female

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"This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you..."

In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief... a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.

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