
The Waverly Gallery
Full Length Play, Comedy / 3m, 2f
A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family.
The Waverly Gallery
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Cast Size
3m, 2fDuration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)Accolades
Pulitzer, From Off-BroadwayTarget Audience
- Adult
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Additional Info
Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. The management wants to replace her less-than-thriving gallery with a coffee shop. Always irascible but now increasingly erratic, Gladys is a cause of concern to her daughter, her son-in-law, and her grandson, from whose point of view this poignant memory play is told. A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family, The Waverly Gallery was a success at New York’s Promenade Theatre, winning an Obie for legendary Eileen Heckart in the role of Gladys.
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Accolades
- FINALIST! 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
NOMINEE! 2000 Outer Critics' Circle John Gassner Award
Reviews
REVIEWS
"Deftly presents senility as an exaggerated state of the natural human condition...Deeply theatrical and often deeply funny." - The New York Times, Read More
"...terrific ear for dialogue and wonderfully naturalistic characters...this is one playwright we need to hear a lot more from." TheatreMania, Read More
Considerations
Performing Groups
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
License details
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Production
Details
- Time Period: 1990s, 1980s
- Duration: More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting: Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side of Manhattan from 1989 to 1991.
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Music
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)
Casting
3m, 2f
GLADYS GREEN - A former lawyer and Greenwich Village activist, runs a small art gallery, 80s
ELLEN FINE - Her daughter, a psychiatrist, 50s
DANIEL REED - Ellen's son, a speechwriter, 20s
HOWARD FINE - Ellen's husband, Daniel's step-father, a psychiatrist, 50s
DON BOWMAN - A Painter and waiter from Lynn, Massachusetts, 30s
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ELLEN FINE - Her daughter, a psychiatrist, 50s
DANIEL REED - Ellen's son, a speechwriter, 20s
HOWARD FINE - Ellen's husband, Daniel's step-father, a psychiatrist, 50s
DON BOWMAN - A Painter and waiter from Lynn, Massachusetts, 30s
Cast Attributes
- Ensemble cast
- Parts for Senior Actors
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Authors
The Waverly Gallery premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival in August 1999 under the direction of Scott Ellis.
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