A Study Guide For Theresa Rebecks Spike Heels PDF Download

ABSTRACT EXPRESSION A forgotten artist is rediscovered only to have tragedy descend. THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION A family of artists have gathered to share a weekend in the country when a young writer's assistant enters the mix. BAD DATES Haley has been single-handedly raising a kid and running a restaurant for five years; it's time to go out on a date. THE WATER?S EDGE Seventeen years after tragedy destroyed his family, Richard returns to confront his wife and grown children. THE BELLS Long ago, a Chinaman was lost in the Yukon during the gold rush. THE SCENE An actor's frustrations with his busted career spin out of control when he meets a modern-day siren who butchers the language and destroys his world. MAURITIUS A famous stamp sets in motion a violent and suspenseful caper involving a wide variety of lost souls, in this version of Antiques Road Show on crack. THERESA REBECK's most recent work includes her play MAURITIUS, opens October 4th at the Biltmore Theater on Broadway. The play is a darkly funny story about two half-sisters who come in conflict over a book of rare, potentially priceless postage stamps. Theresa's new novel, Three Girls and Her Brother, is being brought out by Random house in the United States and HarperCollins in England, in March of 2008. The world premiere of her play, OUR HOUSE, is opening the Denver Center Theatre's New Play Summit in January of 2008. Rebeck's many other plays include Bad Dates, Spike Heels, The Water's Edge, and The Scene, which will be presented this season in New York at Second Stage, also directed by Taichman. Her work has been widely produced both regionally and internationally.