Wingspan

by Chris Bohjalian

Overview

Originally produced as a one-act play starring Grace Experience and K.K. Glick, Wingspan is the story of a young flight attendant with a fear of flying, who is about to work her first transatlantic trip. When a veteran co-worker tries to help her through the turbulent crossing, she discovers that a fear of flying is the least of the young woman’s secrets. 

A Vintage Shorts Original. An ebook short.

Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781984898975
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Series:	A Vintage Short
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three books, including Hour of the Witch, The Red Lotus, Midwives, and The Flight Attendant, which has been made into an HBO Max limited series starring Kaley Cuoco. His other books include The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; and The Double Bind. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies, and his work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. He is also a playwright (Wingspan and Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Litsy, and Goodreads, @chrisbohjalian

Hometown:

Lincoln, Vermont

Date of Birth:

August 12, 1961

Place of Birth:

White Plains, New York

Education:

Amherst College

Website:

http://www.chrisbohjalian.com

Editorial Reviews

Chatting about topics both professional and personal, two female flight attendants—played by Upright Citizens Brigade alumna K.K. Glick and newcomer Grace Experience—ready their passengers for another routine flight in this likable and witty one-act production. Sadly, just as the listener is beginning to enjoy the show, the author breaks in time after time reading unnecessary and intrusive stage directions such as, “Karen points to the seatbelt sign,” immediately followed by the actor saying, “Sir, the seatbelt sign is illuminated.” There is a tradition of reading stage directions in the theater workshop setting, but here the pace and performances are sorely marred by them. In audio drama good acting and writing don’t need explanations—they are perfectly capable of telling a story just fine on their own. B.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2019 - AudioFile

Chatting about topics both professional and personal, two female flight attendants—played by Upright Citizens Brigade alumna K.K. Glick and newcomer Grace Experience—ready their passengers for another routine flight in this likable and witty one-act production. Sadly, just as the listener is beginning to enjoy the show, the author breaks in time after time reading unnecessary and intrusive stage directions such as, “Karen points to the seatbelt sign,” immediately followed by the actor saying, “Sir, the seatbelt sign is illuminated.” There is a tradition of reading stage directions in the theater workshop setting, but here the pace and performances are sorely marred by them. In audio drama good acting and writing don’t need explanations—they are perfectly capable of telling a story just fine on their own. B.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2019 - AudioFile