Boston Marriage
by David Mamet
Central Iowa Premiere
“Everything about [TFAC’s] current production of “Boston Marriage” is ambitious”
Michael Morain, Des Moines Register
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“TFAC boldy tackles the challenging work of David Mamet”
John Busbee, KFMG 99.1 FM’s “The Culture Buzz”
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ORIGINAL RUN
January 17-27, 2008
| Anna | Suzie Oddy Δ |
| Claire | Rachel Salowitz Δ |
| Catherine | Susan Gulbranson |
| Director | Mark Littlejohn Δ |
| AD/SM | David Oddy |
| Costumes | Christy Wilkins |
| Scenic/Sound | Thatcher Williams |
Δ denotes TFAC debut
About the show
Lovers Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming “women of fashion” who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna’s help for an assignation.
As the two women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna’s hapless Scottish parlor maid, Claire’s young inamorata suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that puts both the valuable emerald and the women’s futures at risk. To this wickedly funny comedy, Mamet brings his trademark tart dialogue and impeccable plotting, spiced with Wildean wit.
