Rabbit Hole
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| Written by | David Lindsay-Abaire |
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| Characters | Nat Jason Izzy Becca Howie |
| Date premiered | 2005 |
| Place premiered | Pacific Playwrights Festival Costa Mesa, California |
| Original language | English |
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| Genre | Drama |
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Rabbit Hole is a play by David Lindsay-Abaire commissioned by South Coast Repertory and first presented at its Pacific Playwrights Festival reading series in 2005.[1] The play focuses on a couple, Becca and Howie, trying to cope with the death of their only child, a four-year-old, in an auto accident, while Becca’s well-meaning mom and off-kilter sister attempt to lift their spirits (and deal with their own problems), each in her own inimitable way. The couple's lives are further complicated when the young driver who killed their son contacts them seeking closure as well.
Abaire received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.[2]
After 23 previews, the Daniel Sullivan-directed Manhattan Theatre Club production opened on February 2, 2006 at the Biltmore Theatre, where it ran for 77 performances. The cast included Cynthia Nixon as Becca, Tyne Daly as Nat (Becca's mother), John Slattery as Howie, Mary Catherine Garrison as Izzy (Becca's sister), and John Gallagher Jr. as Jason (the driver of the car).
Before the Broadway closing, both the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Cleveland Play House announced plans to mount productions of the play.[3] It had its New England premiere in Boston in November 2006.[4] The play has also been produced in other regional theatres, such as at the Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, Ohio (March 2008), Hartford TheaterWorks (June 2008), the Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland (August 2008), Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu, Hawaii (November 2008), and Night Blue Theater in Chicago, Illinois (January 2009). It will be performed as one of the three Graduation pieces at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia in October 2009.
A conversation between Becca and Jason, the driver of the car, in the third scene of Act II includes a brief discussion of the theory of quantum immortality as described in a story Jason has written about a place where "rabbit holes" lead to parallel universes. However, the theme of the play is the way people handle grief -- the death of the child, the suicide of a family member -- and not the theory or search for quantum immortality.
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[edit] Film Adaptation
In 2007 a movie adaptation of the play was announced, with Nicole Kidman to star in the character originally played by Nixon. She will also produce[5] Aaron Eckhart has been signed to play Howie.[6] John Cameron Mitchell is directing.[7] Other name actors include Dianne Wiest, Tammy Blanchard and Sandra Oh. The film will be mainly shot in Douglaston and Little Neck NY.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Cynthia Nixon
- Nominations
- Tony Award for Best Play
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play – Tyne Daly
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – Daniel Sullivan
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play – John Lee Beatty
[edit] References
- ^ South Coast Repertory listing
- ^ Simonson, Robert."David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama",playbill.com, April 16, 2007
- ^ Kenneth Jones (4 April 2006). "Rabbit Hole Enters Final Week on Broadway; Regionals Grab at Carrot". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98846.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
- ^ "Rabbit Hole: About the Play". The Huntington. 2008. http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/production.aspx?id=2568&src=t. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio."Nicole Kidman to Star in Rabbit Hole Film; Lindsay-Abaire Will Pen Screenplay",playbill.com, January 5, 2007
- ^ Kit, Borys and Fernandez, Jay A. "Aaron Eckhart going down 'Rabbit Hole'." The Hollywood Reporter. April 2, 2009.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935075/
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