What the Night Is For

by Michael Weller

Two former lovers, now both married, meet in a hotel room away from their homes. Their given reasons are plain: both are in town and want to share a meal. But each has hidden motives which will only emerge with time. The result is a night of honesty and deceit, passion, hope, and regret.

Genres: Plays

80 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2002

About the author

Michael Weller studied music composition at Brandeis University, then worked as a jazz pianist before taking his graduate degree in theater at the University of Manchester, England. His best-known plays are Moonchildren, Fishing, Loose Ends and Spoils Of War. His films include Hair and Ragtime and a teleplay of Spoils of War. He co-founded (with Angelina Fiordelissi and Suzanne Brinkley) and serves now as supervising mentor of the Mentor Project of the Cherry Lane Theatre, currently in its tenth season.

Mr. Weller's work has received an Academy Award nomination, an N.A.A.C.P. Outstanding Contribution Award, Critics Outer Circle Award, a Rockefeller Foundation Grant and a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, and has been honored by The Broken Watch Theatre Company which gave their playhouse his name. He is on the counsel of the Writer's Guild Fund and the Dramatists Guild of America. He lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

[SophieMG · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really interesting and well written script 👍🏼 I would have love to see the performance and how the actors deliver their very own interpretation of the two characters ❤️

[Rahadyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this at a bad time in my life, when I was infatuated with a married woman. That turned out to be a serious mistake. I found this play while browsing in Drama Books on West 40th and read it in one sitting. That was the last time I tried to find a solution to real life in a play.