Stephen Adly Guirgis est un dramaturge américain dont l'œuvre explore des relations humaines complexes et des dilemmes moraux. Ses pièces sondent les limites de la décence humaine et la quête de rédemption dans un monde aux prises avec des contradictions. Le style distinctif de Guirgis mêle un humour cru à une profonde compréhension de la tragicomédie humaine.
Love and addiction in New York City. Things are looking up for Jackie. He's out of jail and staying clean thanks to his sponsor. He might even have found a job. And of course there's Veronica, who he's loved since 8th grade. Nothing could come between them - except a hat. Poetic, profane and hilarious, this whip-smart look at love and addiction finds light even in the darkest corners of New York City.
Stephen Adly Guirgis has been hailed as one of the most promising playwrights at work in America today. A masterful poet of the downtrodden, his plays portray life on New York's hardscrabble streets in a manner both tender and unflinching, while continually exploring the often startling gulf between who we are and how we perceive ourselves. Gathered in this volume is his current off-Broadway hit, Our Lady of 121st Street, a comic portrait of the graduates of a Harlem Catholic school reunited at the funeral of a beloved teacher, along with his two previous plays: the philosophical jailhouse drama Jesus Hopped the A Train and In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings, an Iceman Cometh for the Giuliani era that looks at the effect of Times Square's gentrification on its less desirable inhabitants.
The story unfolds in a Bronx emergency room, where an elderly woman suffering from hypothermia and dementia becomes the focus of a poignant family drama. As her estranged son, Danny, arrives to confront their troubled history, Therese Marie grapples with her fading memories and the struggle to uphold her dignity. The narrative explores themes of family, memory, and the complexities of reconciling with the past, revealing that Therese Marie's condition holds deeper secrets than initially perceived.