Book description
In a suburb of a mid-sized American city, Ben and Mary welcome to
the neighbourhood Sharon and Kenny who have moved in to the long-empty
house next door. Fuelled by alcohol and backyard barbecues, their new
friendship veers rapidly out of control as inhibitions are
obliterated, laying bare the fragility of Ben and Mary's off-the-shelf
lifestyle. Originally produced by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, Lisa
D'Amour's Detroit made its UK premiere at the National Theatre,
London, in May 2012.
Lisa D'Amour is an Obie Award-winning playwright and one half of
PearlDamour, an interdisciplinary performance company she runs with
Katie Pearl. Her work has been produced by theaters such as Steppenwolf
Theatre, Children's Theater Company, Clubbed Thumb, the Walker Arts
Center, and the Kitchen. D'Amour received her MFA in playwriting from
the University of Texas at Austin and currently splits her time between
Brooklyn and New Orleans.
