The Roommate by Jen Silverman

The Roommate by Jen Silverman

Silverman isn’t interested in the dull details of conventional storytelling…Delicious [and] surreal. …A play that gives two noningénues strange [and] meaty roles. (New York Times)

Sharon’s never had a roommate before. In fact, there’s a lot Sharon’s never done before, but Robyn’s about to change all that.

Jen Silverman’s The Roommate shatters expectations with its witty and profound portrait of a blossoming intimacy between two women from vastly different backgrounds, as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention. Being bad never felt so good as it does in this riveting one-act about second acts.

This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the 2024 Broadway production which starred Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone.

Silverman is an observant, lyrical and kind writer, generous to all and without any notes of condescension in [their] writingFor all the deviance, [The Roommate]’s ambitions remain rooted to the study of its characters. * Chicago Tribune *
Silverman isn’t interested in the dull details of conventional storytelling…Delicious [and] surreal. …A play that gives two noningénues strange [and] meaty roles. * New York Times *
In its wryly unassuming way, “The Roommate” is laced with insights into how a lifetime’s accumulation of frustrations and disappointments can erupt into the kind of rebellion that only seems out of character to those who aren’t paying attention. * Boston Globe *

Jen Silverman (they/them) (Playwright) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Plays include: The Roommate (Broadway: The Booth Theatre; Regionally: Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Steppenwolf, South Coast Repertory Theatre, etc); Highway Patrol (The Goodman); Spain (Second Stage Theater); Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties (Woolly Mammoth, MCC, Southwark Playhouse London); The Moors (Yale Repertory Theatre, The Playwrights Realm); and Witch (Writer’s Theatre, The Geffen, The Huntington). Books include: the debut novel We Play Ourselves, story collection The Island Dwellers, and novel There’s Going to be Trouble from Random House. Silverman also wrote the best-selling narrative podcast The Miranda Obsession for Audible, starring Rachel Brosnahan. Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. They write for TV and film, including Tales of the City (Netflix) and Tokyo Vice (Max). Their OSCAR® qualifying short film Troy screened at 70 festivals internationally including the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is featured online in The New Yorker’s Screening Room. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781350535459
ISBN 10	1350535451
Title	The Roommate
Author	Jen Silverman
Series	Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2024-09-08
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.