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The Zero Hour

Madeleine George

Finalist:Lambda Literary Award -Drama (2012)
"Rebecca and her chronically unemployed butch girlfriend, O, have created a happy nest in their run-down walk-up in Queens, but things are starting to unravel. The more O pushes Rebecca to stop hiding their relationship, the more Rebecca's work life--writing a textbook for seventh graders about the Holocaust--begins to bleed into her personal life: She starts meeting World War II Nazis on the 7 train, passing as hipster professionals in New York City but hungry to come out about who they really are. Back home in Queens, O is also sparring with convincingly real visions: her long estranged--and recently dead?--mother keeps showing up to argue with her about her choices. This almost-love story explores the relationship between honesty and cruelty: How do you tell the truth about yourself when that truth might devastate the people you love? A tour-de-force for two actors playing eight different roles"--Page 4 of cover

Book Details

  • Publisher: Concord Theatricals
  • Publish Date: Feb 24th, 2011
  • Pages: 84
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.00in - 0.17in - 0.20lb
  • EAN: 9780573699207
  • Categories: American - GeneralTheater - GeneralType - Comedy