Evanston: A Rare Comedy
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Evanston: A Rare Comedy begins with the disappearance of a teenage girl in deepest suburbia and ends when a meeting of the local Women’s Book Club goes horribly awry. In between, a housewife dreams of Mexico, an economics professor has an affair with a check-out clerk at Whole Foods, and the financial crisis rages on. Inspired by the words of Psalm 137 and the best-seller “Eat, Pray, Love,” Evanston: A Rare Comedy takes a look at Middle America and asks: how can we sing a song of joy in this strange land?
Selected for Eugene O’Neill National New Play Conference in 2010
“Prepare to be rocked by Michael Yates Crowley’s new play, Evanston: A Rare Comedy…a hilarious (at times unnervingly on-point) portrait of yearning Evanston citizens whose oblivion proves to be their most dangerous threat. This play definitely deserves an audience.”
–Elizabeth O’Neill, Huffington Post
“The production achieves something remarkable in that it’s a black comedy that isn’t cynical… Evanston: A Rare Comedy is not to be missed.”.”
–Joshua Conkel,nytheatre.com
Production Info
NYC Premiere: PS 122, (undergroundzero festival)
HERE Arts Center (2009)
Credits
Written by Michael Yates Crowley
Directed by Michael Rau
Performed by:
Chas Carey
Devon Jordan
Sam West
Alex Orban
Anna Margaret Hollyman / Kate MacCluggage
Michael Yates Crowley