Title: Dying City
Author: Christopher Shinn
Language/Translator: English/ N/A
Year of Original Publication: 2007
Genre/Length/Structure: Drama/Full Length/1 Act with 7 Scenes
Agency Controlling License: Dramatist Play Service, Inc.
Royalty Fee: $75 per performance
Cast Breakdown: 1 man, 1 woman (doubling)
Time and Setting: January 2004 and July 2005/New York City
Brief Bio of Author:
"Christopher Shinn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and lives in New York. His plays have been premiered by the Royal Court, Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Rep, and Soho Theatre, and later seen around the world. He is a winner of an OBIE in Playwriting, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting. He has received grants from the NEA/TCG Residency Program and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and he is recipient of the Robert S. Chesley Award. He teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama."
http://www.christophershinn.com/bio_index.html
Brief Plot Summary:
Kelly and her brother-in-law, Peter, have a conversation while Kelly recalls the last night that she spent with her late husband, Craig.
