"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability

Hi,

Does anyone know if the printed script is being published, or available anywhere else (like published in a magazine, or something)?

Usually Pulitzer Prize winning dramas are published, but I don't see a listing for it anywhere so far, and it's been a few months now.

Where can I read the script?, thanks

I was actually curious about this, myself, since I did not have a chance to see the show.

Dramatists acquired the rights and currently they are in the process of making that available eventually. Currently the manuscript and an acting edition are not available. That’s not related to a published edition from TCG, if that happens.

I'm going to guess that like everything else in the world right now, its simply met with covid delays - nothing happens at rhe same speed we were accustomed to.

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It's been a year, and there still doesn't seem to be news when/if this 2021 Pulitzer Prize winning script is being published.

I see that there were productions of it in 2022, and also some coming up this year, so the script seems to be available, but only for those producing a production of it.

Unless there's some legal issues with publishing it, it seems utterly bizarre that a Pulitzer Prize winning play would take so long to be published.

"Fat Ham", the 2022 winner, is even being published in March of this year!

There must be something more to this than meets the eye.

Any insights?

BroadwayBaby6 said: “I don't think the show has a realistic chance of going to Broadway but Ms. Hall didn't ask for my opinion.”


Is it likely to recoup a commercial investment on Broadway? Probably not. But I don’t think it’s fair to say that GETTING to Broadway is unrealistic. These past couple seasons have shown us that investors are still willing to take risk on plays with no stars or recognizable IP. And that’s not even counting the non-profit Broadway houses - seems like Hot Wing King would be a great fit for MTC or Second Stage.

https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6281

This must be the best day of Robbie’s life.

So…they actually have the hard copy of the script. They sold it at the National for £15.

As for the play, I thought it was a very well done production and played out like a good Netflix sitcom (I could see this being easily divided into five or six half hour episodes).

My biggest issue was that I felt like it could’ve been split into three acts instead of two. Act I really had a natural moment that is perfect to place an intermission, but then it went on for another 20 minutes into other subplots before another major moment - then intermission.

It’s also a distinctly American play, so there is going to be some loss in translation and that may cause some of the lesser reviews. The audience the night I went had, no lie, two black people out of an almost full house.

The cast was uniformly excellent! I don’t have a bad word to say about any of them and they truly work as an ensemble. For those itching to see it, while the release date is unknown, they do have plans to film it for NT @ HOME in late August.

Also, Kadiff Kirwan, who plays the “lead” (it’s really an ensemble piece), is a FIIIIIIIIINE man to look at - https://www.instagram.com/kadiffkirwan?igsh=MXZjbTBoZHRnanU4bA==

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Updated On: 7/29/24 at 01:01 PM

The Denver Center Theater Company just announced that they are doing it in the upcoming season. April-May 2025.

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