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Rabbit Hole

About the Author

Among his influences, Lindsay-Abaire lists playwrights John Guare, Edward Albee, Georges Feydeau, Eugène Ionesco, and George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, 1930s screwball comedy films My Man Godfrey, Twentieth Century, and "anything by Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, the Marx Brothers, and Abbott and Costello." Walking a fine line between grave reality and joyous lunacy, the world of his plays is often dark, funny, blithe, enigmatic, hopeful, ironic, and somewhat cockeyed. "My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity." Lindsay-Abaire also has writing credit on two screenplays, Robots (2005) and Inkheart (2007).

Lindsay-Abaire's most recent project is the book for the musical High Fidelity. He was also nominated for two Tony Awards for the book and lyrics of Shrek the Musical.

For Rabbit Hole, Lindsay-Abaire followed the advice of his Julliard mentor and teacher, Marsha Norman, who said to “write about that which you fear the most.” Upon having his first child, he penned this Pulitzer-Prize-winning play.

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize
A tale of love, loss, hilarity, fear, and hope.

Nov. 19-22, 2009
Black Box Theatre
Mature Audiences