Clybourne Park

by Bruce Norris

Overview

Embark on a theatrical journey across time with Bruce Norris' award-winning play, Clybourne Park.

This acclaimed work delves deep into themes of racial tension, societal norms, and the evolution of neighborhood dynamics, providing a profound, yet humorous, commentary on America's social landscape.

The story unfolds in two acts, each housed in the same iconic suburban home but separated by half a century. Norris artfully uses this setting to explore the complexities of race and property in America. In the 1959 segment, experience the struggle of integration as the house welcomes its first African-American residents, causing an uneasy stir within the homogeneously white community. Fast forward to 2009, witness history repeat itself as gentrification looms over the now predominantly Black neighborhood, causing new tensions.

Norris' skillful satire—both riotously funny and uncomfortable—has earned him prestigious accolades including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, sealing Clybourne Park's status as a modern classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466807747
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	401,006
File size:	179 KB

About the Author

Bruce Norris is a writer and an actor whose Pulitzer Prize– and Olivier Award–winning play Clybourne Park premiered at Playwrights Horizons in January 2010. Other plays include The Infidel, Purple Heart, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, The Pain and the Itch, and The Unmentionables, all of which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre. Norris is the recipient of the 2009 Steinberg Playwright Award and the Whiting Foundation Prize for Drama. He currently resides in New York.

Bruce Norris is a writer and an actor whose Pulitzer Prize- and Olivier Award-winning play Clybourne Park premiered at Playwrights Horizons in January 2010. Other plays include The Infidel, Purple Heart, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, The Pain and the Itch, and The Unmentionables, all of which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre. Norris is the recipient of the 2009 Steinberg Playwright Award and the Whiting Foundation Prize for Drama. He resides in New York.

Editorial Reviews

A spiky and damningly insightful new comedy.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times

“Superb, elegantly written, and hilarious.” —John Lahr, The New Yorker

“Courageous…Norris's elegantly structured play nails marital tensions as much as it does racial disharmony in an evening of ebullient provocation.” —Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

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