This Random World

by Steven Dietz

We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, THIS RANDOM WORLD asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.

Genres: Plays

63 pages, Paperback

About the author

Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Dietz graduated in 1980 with a Theater degree from the University of Northern Colorado. He is the recipient of the PEN U.S.A. Award in Drama (for Lonely Planet); the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award (Fiction and Still Life With Iris); and the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Award (The Rememberer). Halcyon Days is one of his other successful plays. Many of his plays are very political. He lives in Seattle.

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

I usually enjoy Dietz's work, and am impressed by the breadth of his plays - no two are ever really alike. This is a quirky one about missed connections, and it works beautifully.

[Susannah Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This play would be a lot better if every single line wasn't Dietz trying to force how philosophical and profound he is into every single line. It feels like if a young David Cage had his start in playwriting.

[Cori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good one.

[g ✰ · Rating 4 out of 5]

absolutely beautiful story...some dialogue felt strange idk

[Hope Austin]

Brilliant.