Synopsis
Slacks and Tops
Published by Dramatists Play Service
2 Male 3 Female
Both parents despise their grown daughter, Constance, who arrives at the motel in the clown makeup she wore to a church bazaar earlier in the day, and is determined to join in their escape or stop them from departing
As they hilariously bicker, several decades of grievances are dredged up - and a murder takes place. In the end, there are outrageous, but telling comments about a host of other subjects, including families, organized religion, sex, marriage, compulsive shopping and even the "desiccation of European cities," all delivered in a bracing, madcap style which sweeps through the theatre with its fresh, invigorating originality
Winner of the 1983 Obie Award as most promising playwright of the season
Presented by New York's famed Manhattan Theatre Club, this highly irreverent and brilliantly imaginative black comedy introduced a young writer of exceptional talent and originality to a wide audience
Zany, bizarre, and wildly funny, the play offers a biting commentary on the All-American family and the torments which lie beneath its ostensibly calm surface
" snakes through the theatre like an air-raid-siren its caustic, surreal humor and bizarre vision are original and special" ~ NY Times