"The finest new American play I've seen in a long while . . .
"Dying City" is a political play and also a psychodrama about what
Arthur Miller called the politics of the soul. It's about public
conscience and private grief, and real and symbolic
catastrophes."-"The New York Observer"
"Anyone who doubts that Mr. Shinn is among the most provocative
and probing of American playwrights today need only experience the
. . . sophisticated welding of form and content that is "Dying
City.""-"The New York Times"
In Christopher Shinn's new play "Dying City," a young therapist,
Kelly, whose husband Craig was killed while on military duty in
Iraq, is confronted a year later by his identical twin Peter, who
suspects that Craig's death was not accidental. Set in a spare
downtown-Manhattan apartment after dark, scenes shift from the
confrontation between Peter and Kelly, to Kelly's complicated
farewell with her husband Craig. Shinn's creepy, sophisticated
drama-infused with references to 9/11 and the war in Iraq-explores
how contemporary politics and recent history have transformed the
lives of these three characters.
Christopher Shinn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and lives
in New York. His plays include "Where Do We Live," "Other People,"
"What Didn't Happen," and "On the Mountain," which have been widely
produced in New York, across the United States, and in London. He
is the recipient of an OBIE Award in Playwriting, as well as the
Robert S. Chesney Award. He teaches playwriting at The New School
for Drama.
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