Betty's Summer Vacation

Christopher Durang

Summary

Pitch-black humor and brutal social commentary from the Tony Award-winning playwright: “Relentlessly fierce, relentlessly funny.”—Ben Brantley, The New York Times 
 
Looking for a little rest and time by herself, Betty rents a summer share at the beach. But Betty's luck turns when this sensible Everywoman gets drawn into the chaotic world of some very unsavory housemates: her friend Trudy, who talks too much; the lewd, semi-naked Buck, who tries to have sex with everyone; and Keith, a serial killer who hides in his room with a mysterious hatbox. With sand between her toes, walking a thin line between sanity and survival, poor Betty will leave her summer vacation more terrorized than tan—in this Obie Award-winning play from Christopher Durang, who “proves to be every bit as sharp and caustic as England’s Joe Orton” (David Kaufman, New York Daily News). 
 
“Not only wickedly funny but a commentary on the state of American culture.”—Curtis Ellis, MSNBC 
 
“A comedian whose fury takes the form of farce.”—John Lahr, The New Yorker

Available since: 09/12/2017.

Print length: 112 pages.

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