Faber & Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Obsession with surface and secrets runs through this second collection of Neil LaBute's work. In Fat Pig, a man confronts his friends' – and his own – fixation with Hollywood ideals of beauty when he falls for a 'plus size...

Faber & Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (3), Female (1), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...In a Dark Dark House is a tale of sibling conflict in which estranged brothers must reconcile conflicting memories, after one asks for corroboration of childhood abuse...

Faber & Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (2), Female (1), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...In a Forest, Dark and Deep is a tale of sibling conflict in which a man's offer to help his sister clear out her cottage brings a terrible confession into the light...

Faber & Faber, 2016

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Three years after a difficult breakup, Steph and Greg are wondering if they can start over again. The trouble is, she's married someone else and he's started a relationship with her best friend Carly. Meanwhile, Carly's ex-husband Kent...

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...In the sequel to "reasons to be pretty," Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent return a little older, but not necessarily wiser. And don’t worry if you haven’t met them before – there’s more than enough humor and humanity to usher you...

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...What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed...

Methuen Drama, 2019

Bloomsbury Publishing

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Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (6), Female (4), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...What if God told you to be a better person but the world wouldn't allow it? Such is the dilemma facing Joe Smith, a run-of-the-mill white-collar businessman who survives an office shooting and is subsequently touched by what he believes...

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...Desperate times call for desperate measures, and for aging Hollywood stars Karen and Steve that means agreeing to a shocking contractual clause. On the eve of a “climactic” day of shooting, they finally tell their significant others what...

Faber & Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Obsession with surface and secrets runs through this second collection of Neil LaBute's work. The Shape of Things peels back the skin of modern-day relationships to ask how far someone might change themselves...