Sextet

by Morris Panych

"The best script Morris Panych has ever written."? Toronto Star A blizzard strands six musicians in their motel with only their instruments, each other, and their secrets to keep them warm. Where will everyone sleep when everyone is sleeping with everyone else? Morris Panych is internationally recognized as one of North America's master playwrights.

Genres: Plays

154 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 12, 2016

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 5 out of 5]

Panych's latest play is probably his most ambitious and best to date. Not only very funny, but wisely weird about the mysteries of sex, love ... and music. Although the staging is sometimes a mite difficult to follow, and I had some questions about how exactly some scenes COULD be choreographed (including an interrupted scene of self-pleasuring!), it all eventually makes a kind of sense. Love to have seen the original production.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd like to see this play, now that I've read its script! A sextet of classical musicians find themselves stranded in a hotel and over the course of about a day and a half, the bottled up wants, desires, secrets and frustrations become uncorked, creating a tangle that speaks eloquently to how many people are truly involved in a single relationship.

Morris Panych sets up a stage that can be hard to follow - four men, two women, all bouncing back and forth between bedrooms - yet his writing makes clear who is where and when, despite the lack of stage directions. This script has such energy, such wonderful dialogue. I highly recommend it.