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Synopsis

In a movie theater near Worcester, MA (called The Flick) -- one of the few that hasn't yet switched to digital film -- three employees work dreary jobs for just above minimum wage: selling tickets, cleaning up after patrons, and running the projector. The economy is depressed and so are they, and yet over the course of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Sam, Rose, and Avery show themselves to be complex, feeling people with unrealized ambitions to become more than their dreary surroundings. Annie Baker's drama unfolds in unhurried naturalistic scenes (much to the frustration of some early audiences at the New York premiere), and her astonishingly well observed and subtle characterizations suggest a Chekhovian ability to forge compelling drama from the littleness of everyday life.

Show Information

Book
Annie Baker
Category
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2013
Genres
Drama
Settings
Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
summer 2012, a falling-apart movie theater in worcester county, massachusetts
Cast Size
small
Licensor
Samuel French
Ideal For
university theatre, college theatre, professional theatre, regional theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult Characters, Small Cast

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Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Sam

Lead

Male

Spoken

Avery

Lead

Male

Spoken

Rose

Lead

Female

Spoken

Skylar/The Dreaming Man

Supporting

Male

Spoken

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Guide Written By:

Ben Beckley

Ben Beckley