David Caudle, Playwright

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The Sunken Living Room

SYNOPSIS:
A November night in Miami, 1978. His air line pilot father is off on a trip. His mother is out playing bridge. 16-year-old Wade dutifully does his homework and holds down the fort. Then, his 17-year-old brother shows up in the throes of another drug binge, and his brother's girlfriend tries to seduce him. Wade's ordinary duties escalate to a comically heartbreaking struggle to keep his showpiece living room clean-- and his family together-- as the world around them changes.

Character Breakdown: (2M, 2F)

WADE, 16. A scrawny, naive bookworm who is not yet aware that he's gay.

LYNNETTE, early 40s. Wade's attractive but distracted mother.

CHIP, 17. Wade's sexy, athletic, volatile brother.

TAMMY, 17. Chip's sexually-experienced pothead girlfriend.

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"beautiful scenes" Mario Fratti, OGGI

"a moving drama about emotional abandonment. ... witty and deep" Case Aiken, NYTHEATRE.COM

"funny, touching and disturbing, one character threatening to tip the scales toward tragedy." David Cuthbert, TIMES PICAYUNE

"...unsettling, funny, poignant... Caudle's writing is full of humor, compassion, keen observation and period-perfect language..." Christine Dolen, MIAMI HERALD.

"...sharp period piece... blistering family drama... The Sunken Living Room is a drama with much to say about growing up too soon in a world that's moving too fast." Jack Zink, SUN SENTINEL

"Sidelined by the hurricanes, The Sunken Living Room is back at home in Miami, all the better for South Florida audiences, who get to be the first of what will surely be many audiences to experience this delicious drama." Mary Damiano, MIAMI ARTZINE

PLAY OF THE WEEK, Drama Bookshop in NYC

Best Drama of '06, Miami Sun Times

Winner: Ambie Award, Best Original Play

Winner: Southern New Plays Festival

Carbonell Nominee, Best New Work

Gold Medal Finalist, Pinter Review Prize for Drama

Finalist; Lark Playwrights Week

At New Theatre:

Top (L to R): John Magaro, Arianne Ellison)

Bottom (L to R): Rudy Mungaray, Arianne Ellison, John Magaro.

Directed by Ryan Rilette

"Sidelined by the hurricanes, The Sunken Living Room is back at home in Miami, all the better for South Florida audiences, who get to be the first of what will surely be many audiences to experience this delicious drama." Mary Damiano, Miami ArtZine

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