The Facts of the Play: Eurydice

The basic facts

Author and Language: Sarah Ruhl in modern English.

Play Structure: Eurydice is structured in three 'Movements.' Essentially these movements are Acts, and within these movements are several scenes.

Cast Break Down:
5f/2m-Original Cast

5m/2f
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Approximate Running Time:
One hour and 30 minutes
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One hour and 25 minutes
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Genre Identification:
"Dramatic Comedy"
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"Drama"
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Brief Bio:
SARAH RUHL has written numerous award-winning plays, including The Clean House (Susan Smith Blackburn Award, 2004, Pulitzer Prize finalist, Pen Award), Melancholy Play, Eurydice, Late: a cowboy song, Orlando, Demeter in the City (NAACP Image Award nomination) and Passion Play: a cycle in three parts (Fourth Forum Freedom Award, Kennedy Center). Her plays have been performed at Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Wilma Theater, Cornerstone Theater, Madison Repertory Theatre, Clubbed Thumb and the Piven Theatre Workshop, among other theatres across the country. Her plays have been translated into German, Polish, Korean, Russian and Spanish, and have been produced internationally in London, Canada, Germany, Latvia and Poland. Sarah received her MFA from Brown University and is originally from Chicago. She is the recipient of a Helen Merrill award, Whiting Writers' Award and a Macarthur Fellowship. She is a proud member of New Dramatists and 13P.
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Publication Info:

Licensing and Rights:
$75 per performance.
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