Synopsis
The Zero Hour
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
1 Male 2 Female
The more O pushes Rebecca to stop hiding their relationship, the more Rebecca's work life - writing a textbook for seventh graders about the Holocaust - begins to bleed into her personal life ...
She starts meeting World War II Nazis on the 7 train, passing as hipster professionals in New York City but hungry to come out about who they really are
Back home in Queens, O is also sparring with convincingly real visions ... her long estranged - and recently dead? - mother keeps showing up to argue with her about her choices
This almost-love story explores the relationship between honesty and cruelty - How do you tell the truth about yourself when that truth might devastate the people you love?
A tour-de-force for two actors playing eight different roles
REVIEWS
"A lucid drama. Appealingly brainy and messy, George's play never settles for an easy metaphor or emotion. It cross-examines our pat notions of history and love" ~ The New Yorker
"Grabs our interest from its first provocative line. The Zero Hour is a work to savor" ~ Back Stage
"Bold, thoughtful, and incredibly beautiful" ~ CurtainUp
"A striking new play. Refreshingly original" ~ TheatreMania