Im looking for a play about DRUG ADDICTION

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 5:52am

Anyone know of any plays that deal with drug addiction? Thank you.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 5:58am

A HATFUL OF RAIN by Michael V. Gazzo

[The Other One]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 6:26am

HATFUL was the first to come to mind for me. SIDE MAN also deals with it.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 6:40am

A Long Day's Journey

[brdway411]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 6:46am

passing strange, sort of.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 6:54am

Water By The Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes. It won the 2012 Pulitzer for Drama. As the son of an addict, I found it quite powerful.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 9:13am

There was also that play called "High" which was on Broadway with Kathleen Turner a few years ago. I saw it and actually enjoyed it. It was very heavy though.

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 9:20am

Polaroid Stories

Very weird, abstract. Uses Greek myths to tell stories of addicts. Can be great or a total mess depending on the direction. Some good monologues in there.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 9:20am

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 9:55am

The Nervous Set.

[cmorrow]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:01am

A Better Life (1993) by Louis Delgado Jr. [who was a recovering addict], The Connection (1959) by Jack Gelber, and James Lapine's Fran's Bed (2005).

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:06am

Is this thread the BWW equivalent of when people start a conversation with "So, I have this friend..."

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:41am

No, hateaerobics. Maybe they're doing research or have a community group that is using this as a theme.

Would next to normal count? (She's dependent to an extent on prescription meds.)

For straight plays anything by O'Neill really.

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:47am

It for a community theatre group that has issues in the community with Addictions. The town is about 40k people. Thank you so much for the suggestions so far.

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 11:56am

"No, hateaerobics. Maybe they're doing research or have a community group that is using this as a theme."

Reading everything on here literally seems like it would present problems.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:18pm

I found "Water by the Spoonful" overrated, certainly for the Pulitzer, but it's worthy for the topic, and certainly isn't like most pieces on the subject.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:22pm

Well, hateaerobics you can always stop gracing us with your presence. I didn't see any problem. (It turns out my hunch was correct.)

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:44pm

I always fantasize about leaving BWW, maybe someday you'll get your wish.

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:49pm

Don't hate.. Love

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 12:52pm

I don't hate anyone on here, just thought implying you had a secret drug problem might be humorous. But unless you add LOL and a smiley face, people will take it seriously a lot of the time. LOL

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 2:24pm

I love that dreaming keeps call you "hateaerobics" like you.... HATE AEROBICS.

Never stop gracing us with your presence, haterobics.

[B-Way4Life]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 3:35pm

Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? by Don Peterson

[joeyinpa]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 5:06pm

Finer Noble Gases by Adam Rapp