David's Redhaired Death

Two Women Find That They Have Everything In Common Until The Death Of A Brother Drives Them Apart. Part Stand-Up Comedy Part Stand-Up Tragedy For Two. The Redhaired Mythology That Glorifies And Empowers Two Women Leads Them Into A Big Love But Can'T Lead Them Safely Out Again. A Play About The Heaviness Of The Things We Carry.“… Sherry Kramer’S Inventively Structured Colorfully Written And Frequently Lyrical Play … The Narrative Fluidly Shifts Back And Forth Between The Present And The Span Of A Few Days Two Years Earlier When Jean And Marilyn Met And Jean Received The Fateful Phone Call From Home Informing Her Of David’S Death … This Thoughtful Meditation On Loss …” —Douglas J Keating The Philadelphia Enquirer“… Kramer Is Working With Some Provocative Material: Jean And Marilyn A Pair Of Red-Haired Temptresses (Or So They Like To Think) Meet In An Enchanted Boudoir Setting Of Bent Willow And Diaphanous Draperies Find That They Share A Million And One Likes And Dislikes Old Boyfriends Nasty Habits And Family Patterns And Fall In Love Because Of That Almost Magical Twinship … Kramer Does However Have A Way With Verbal Imagery. Woven Through The Script Are Wonderful References To Fairy Tales — Snow White Sleeping Beauty Rapunzel … The Playwright Is Also Adept At Monologues Chock-Full Of Telling Details …” —Pamela Sommers The Washington Post“… All The Scenes Are Interspersed With Lines From Previous Scenes And Foreshadowings Of Things To Come So There Is A Coiled Spiralled Tension Instead Of The Suspense Of An Ordinary Linear Plot. Except For Their Monologues About Death — And The One Opening The Second As Is A Stunner — The Actresses Are Always In Duet … David’S Redhaired Death Is A Stirring Annoying And Difficult Piece Of Work. But An Absorbing One …” —Elizabeth C Donahoe The Washington Blade“… Kramer’S Play Is Like A Puzzle: After Slowly And Painstakingly Connecting A Series Of Dots One Uncovers An Integrated Image Out Of What Appeared To Be Chaos …” —Mary Shen Barnidge Reader (Chicago)