Synopsis

The Architecture of Loss

The Architecture of Loss $13

Julia Cho

Published by Dramatists Play Service

5 Male 2 Female

It's another hot day in Tucson when a strange man arrives at Catherine's door

To her shock, he turns out to be Greg, her former husband, who - sixteen years earlier and for no clear reason - left and simply never came back

Now, he has returned, but the family he left no longer exists

Catherine informs him that their son, David, disappeared eight years ago and remains missing

One by one each member of the family tells Greg a version of what happened the summer David disappeared

Their stories are a meditation on loss and the abiding power of the unknowable

But they are also about the need we all have for explanations, answers and, perhaps above all, absolution

For as they reveal their stories, the only thing that becomes clear is that the nine-year-old boy who vanished is far from the only thing they lost

"A family is the subject of The Architecture of Loss, Ms Cho's touching new play [The] scenes are very strong; they run deep" ~ NY Times

"... The Architecture of Loss is the kind of play one wishes there were more of: totally unpretentious, of the utmost simplicity , and steadily close to the bone. It is, moreover, about real people ..." ~ NewYorkMetro.com

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