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Raised in Captivity

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With sharp comic turns and absurdist twists, Raised in Captivity explores the guilt, self-punishment, and redemption in the lives of two estranged and equally odd siblings when they reunite at the ...
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With sharp comic turns and absurdist twists, Raised in Captivity explores the guilt, self-punishment, and redemption in the lives of two estranged and equally odd siblings when they reunite at the funeral of their mother--whose demise was caused by nothing less than an errant showerhead.
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Price: $17.95
Pages: 112
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
Publication Date: 01 October 1995
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.40 in
ISBN: 9781559361132
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

DRAMA / Type / Tragicomedy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Siblings, DRAMA / LGBTQ+, DRAMA / American / General

Raise in Captivity is about guilt, redemption and self-punishment, and, against all odds, it is also very funny…[Silver’s] dialogue, which skillfully juxtaposes the banal and the outlandishly whimsical, has the shimmer of an opal…Archly absurdist comedies come cheap these days, finding one with depth of feeling is truly a cause to celebrate.”
The New York Times

“…funny, original, imaginative and possessed of a furious energy that makes it spin like a top…full of wittily prickly lines and riotous exchanges, and it uses the stage in splashily irreverent ways that can be exhilarating.”
New York Magazine

“…by a mile, the best play of the season.”
New York Observer