Synopsis
States of Shock
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 2 Female
Set in a nondescript family restaurant, with bad service and raging customers, the stage becomes a battlefield for America's strident efforts to define itself. Before the action is over, Shepard's anti-war message is not merely confined to Vietnam, but also encompasses the local wars of modern life between sexes, races, families and ideals
"STATES OF SHOCK is...written with the earnest...conviction that the stage is still an effective platform for political dissent and mobilizing public opinion" - NY Times
"Shepard has Harold Pinter's absurdist gift for seeing the comic possibilities of inexplicablility while still linking them to unnamed horror" - NY Post