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Paris
Emmie is one of the only Black people living in Paris, Vermont, and she desperately needs a job. When she is hired at Berry's, a store off the interstate selling everything from baby carrots to lawnmowers, she begins to understand a new kind of isolation. Paris is a play about invisibility, being underpaid, and how it feels to work on your feet for ten hours a day.
★★★★ "A remarkable new play! Part workplace comedy, part social thriller. Booth's deft and delicate hand cuts with slow deliberation until it reaches the bone." - Naveen Kumar, Time Out New York "Racism is a stealth force in Eboni Booth's astute and coolly observant new play. A solid addition to the genre of sociologically detailed working-class American dramas. Simple yet startling." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times "A fierce distillation of life under modern precarity. The chill of this show went so deep... hilarious and dangerous." - Helen Shaw, New York Magazine "A lean and impressive debut... Each character is both sharply written and played. Paris will transport you to a place that comes to feel as intimate and epic as the city with which it shares its name." - Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast ★★★★ - Stanford Friedman, New York Theatre Guide "Beguiling!" - Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
★★★★ "A remarkable new play! Part workplace comedy, part social thriller. Booth's deft and delicate hand cuts with slow deliberation until it reaches the bone." - Naveen Kumar, Time Out New York "Racism is a stealth force in Eboni Booth's astute and coolly observant new play. A solid addition to the genre of sociologically detailed working-class American dramas. Simple yet startling." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times "A fierce distillation of life under modern precarity. The chill of this show went so deep... hilarious and dangerous." - Helen Shaw, New York Magazine "A lean and impressive debut... Each character is both sharply written and played. Paris will transport you to a place that comes to feel as intimate and epic as the city with which it shares its name." - Tim Teeman, The Daily Beast ★★★★ - Stanford Friedman, New York Theatre Guide "Beguiling!" - Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
- GenresPlays
94 pages, Paperback
Published January 31, 2022
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May 27, 2024
3.5, rounded up.
Playwright Booth was just named the winner of the 2024 Pulitzer in Drama for her subsequent play Primary Trust. This early play shows promise, and has deft characterization and dialogue, and skillful plotting. But its setting in a big box store in Paris (Vermont, not France) covers the same ground as many other plays and TV shows, most notably Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise and Greater Clements- so it doesn't feel quite so fresh or innovative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/th...
Playwright Booth was just named the winner of the 2024 Pulitzer in Drama for her subsequent play Primary Trust. This early play shows promise, and has deft characterization and dialogue, and skillful plotting. But its setting in a big box store in Paris (Vermont, not France) covers the same ground as many other plays and TV shows, most notably Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise and Greater Clements- so it doesn't feel quite so fresh or innovative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/th...
May 6, 2024
to be clear, read *Primary Trust*, not Paris, goodreads just didnt have this in the system yet.
FANTASTIC PLAY!! absolutely loved it, great material for scenework, and also, a really complex and layered lead character, with a great arc. 🎭🌟
FANTASTIC PLAY!! absolutely loved it, great material for scenework, and also, a really complex and layered lead character, with a great arc. 🎭🌟
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