The Drunken City
- Written by Adam Bock
- Directed by Trip Cullman
Adam Bock is a playwright best known for A Small Fire, The Receptionist, The Drunken City, The Thugs, and Swimming in the Shallows. He writes both comedy and drama, blending whimsical surrealism with dark and painful exploration of character. Charles Isherwood described A Small Fire as “a theatrical combo plate that proves unusually satisfying ... raucous, funny and unexpectedly touching.” Adam has had more than ten plays produced at prestigious theatres including Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep., Second Stage Uptown, Rattlestick, and Yale Rep. He has received the Obie Award, BATCC Award, Clauder Prize, Glickman Award, and Guernsey Award, and been nominated for the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards. Adam has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists and an artistic associate at Shotgun Players and Encore Theater. (As of February 2016)
Photo by Zack DeZon
Playwrights: The Pain of My Belligerence, Assistance, The Drunken City, Manic Flight Reaction, A Small Fire (Drama Desk nomination). Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, Lobby Hero, Six Degrees of Separation, Significant Other. Select off-Broadway: The Mother, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic); Days of Rage, The Layover, Lonely I’m Not, The Substance of Fire, Some Men, Bachelorette, Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage); Punk Rock (Obie Award), Yen, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit..., Moscow... (MCC); Significant Other (Roundabout); Choir Boy, Murder Ballad (MTC); The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing, The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick); Dog Sees God (Century Center); Roulette (EST); US Drag (stageFARM); and several productions with The Play Company. London: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: Geffen, Alliance, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Bay Street, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
(Updated Mar 2019)
Off on the bar crawl to end all crawls, three twenty-something brides to be find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them suddenly begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger. A wildly theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city than never sleeps.
Featuring
Cassie Beck
Mike Colter
Maria Dizzia
Barrett Foa
Sue Jean Kim
Alfredo Narciso
Playwrights Horizons: The Whale, Prayer for My Enemy, The Drunken City (Theatre World Award). Broadway: The Humans (Drama Desk Award, also Off-Broadway and National Tour), Picnic, The Norman Conquests. Other Off-Broadway: By the Water, Happy Hour, Smudge, Oohrah!. Television: “The Accidental Wolf,” “Shameless,” “Chicago Med,” “The Strange Ones,” “Elementary,” “Almost There.”
Playwrights Horizons: Assistance, The Drunken City, BFE. Off-Broadway: 10 out of 12 (Soho Rep.), Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage), The Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick). Regional: The Chinese Room (Williamstown). Film: Maggie’s Plan, James White, Bachelorette. TV: “Girls,” “Elementary,” “Falling Water,” “High Maintenance,” “Delocated,” “Cop Show,” “Alpha House,” “Nurse Jackie.” MFA: NYU.
(as of 08/23/16)
Creative Team
David Korins
Scenic DesignerJenny Mannis
Costume DesignerMatthew Richards
Lighting DesignerBart Fasbender
Sound DesignerBess Marie Glorioso
Production Stage ManagerIn two decades of creating omnidirectional experiences, David Korins and his eponymous New York City based creative studio has reached millions of people globally by helping brands, institutions, and artists bring their stories to life. David created the worlds for 25 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning musicals Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice: The Musical, and in 2023 will open Here Lies Love and The Who’s Tommy. Among numerous TV credits, David recently created the new design of HBO’s “The Big Brunch” with Dan Levy, “Last Week Tonight” hosted by John Oliver, was the Production Designer for the 91st and 94th Annual Academy Awards, and Grease: Live!, for which he received an Emmy Award. Korins is the Director of David Blaine’s newly opened Las Vegas residency, is the Global Creative Director of Lighthouse Immersive for whom he designed Immersive Van Gogh, the highest selling experience nationally in 2021, and in 2023 his work on “Disney Animation: The Immersive Experience” will open in multiple venues around the world. David also continues to hold the title of Theater Designer in Residence for TED's conferences internationally. Collaborators include David Blaine, Bruno Mars, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Sia, Robin Eley and Takashi Murakami. David’s work has been presented at Madison Square Garden, Coachella, Gagosian, Lollapalooza and SXSW. Brand partnerships include the NFL, Disney, Twitter, Google, Spotify, YouTube, Microsoft, Sotheby’s and ESPN.
Photos of (1) Sue Jean Kim, Maria Dizzia, and Cassie Beck; (2) Maria Dizzia, Barrett Foa, Alfredo Narciso, and Sue Jean Kim; (3) Sue Jean Kim, Barrett Foa, Maria Dizzia, Mike Colter, and Cassie Beck; (4) Mike Colter and Cassie Beck by Joan Marcus.
A LOT OF FUN! Adam Bock’s scalpel-sharp insight has made him a potent force on today’s theater scene. Trip Cullman pitches the performances at just the right level of wooziness. TART, SMART, AND INTOXICATING.
A PLAYFUL AND HOPEFUL COMEDY. Like the best episodes of Sex and the City, a little heartache goes well with hilarity. The cast is appealing, adorable, and top-shelf.
HILARIOUS!
