Becky Shaw

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"A tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30s ... as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last." New York Times From the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it's clear the evening won't go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn, Andrew's wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface. A biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. This Modern Classics edition features an introduction to the play by Julia Listengarten.

Gina Gionfriddo is an American writer and two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her plays include Can You Forgive Her?; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Becky Shaw; After Ashley; and U.S. Drag. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her television writing includes The Alienist, Angel of Darkness, House of Cards, and three incarnations of Law & Order.

Gina Gionfriddo's comedy of bad manners, a tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their thirties, is as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last...deftly plotted, scabrous and sharp-witted... * New York Times * The characters in Gionfriddo's blind-date-gone-bad black comedy share the potential to revolt...They're also subversively funny-and improbably charming. Grade: A. * Entertainment Weekly * Scathing, class-conscious comedy...Becky Shaw exerts a hypnotic pull, thanks in large part to the wonderfully witty dialogue and complex characterizations. * New York Post *