Off-Broadway NewsCheck Out Photos of Robert O’Hara's Short Play Living Room The one act is now in performance Off-Broadway as part of this year's Summer Shorts festival at 59E59.
By
Olivia Clement
July 24, 2018
Summer Shorts is currently back at 59E59 Theaters for its 12th season of one acts. The festival consists of two evenings of short plays that are running in repertory at the Off-Broadway venue through September 1.
This year's lineup features six short plays by Robert O’Hara, Abby Rosebrock, Neil LaBute, Eric Lane, Claire Zajdel, and novelist Chris Bohjalian (making his playwriting debut).
In O’Hara's one-act Living Room, a white couple questions the nature of being "White People in a Living Room." The play, also directed by O'Hara, is part of the festival's Series A, which also includes Rosebrock's Kenny's Tavern, directed by Jess Chayes, and Bohjalian's Grounded, directed by Alexander Dinelaris.
Series B features LaBute's short play Sparring Partner, about a longtime flirtation between two co-workers, which comes to a head over the course of a lunchtime game; as well as Lane's play Ibis, directed by Terry Berliner, and Zajdel's The Plot, directed by James Rees.
Summer Shorts is presented by Throughline Artists. To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit 59e59.org.
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