The Babylon Line
Play by Richard Greenberg
Levittown, 1967. It’s the first night of adult-ed Creative Writing class in a classroom at the local high school. The teacher, Aaron Port, lives in Greenwich Village and reverse commutes once a week on the Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon line to Wantagh. His students are a mixed bag: Frieda Cohen, Anna Cantor and Midge Braverman, housewives all, embrace each other on arrival, and update their running checklists on each other’s kids, husbands and lawns. Their opening gambit is to tell Aaron in no uncertain terms that they are only there because French Cooking and Flower Arranging are full. The two men in the class, Jack Hassenpflug and Marc Adams keep mostly to themselves.
One final student, Joan Dellamond, rushes in late –- but she actually does intend to be there. She is a housewife, but not like the others. Living on Long Island with no kids, she cannot be in the same conversation with those women. Nor does she seem to want to be. And yet, she does seek connection. Maybe this class will bring her, and Aaron, something that neither quite expects.
The Babylon Line
Previews Nov 10, 2016
Opening Night Dec 05, 2016
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Tickets from $95.00
Running Time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission
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Cast
Maddie Corman – Anna Cantor
Randy Graff – Frieda Cohen
Julie Halston – Midge Braverman
Michael Oberholtzer – Marc Adams
Josh Radnor – Aaron Port
Elizabeth Reaser – Joan Dellamond
Frank Wood – Jack Hassenpflug
Creative
Lincoln Center Theater – Producer
Richard Greenberg – Playwright
Terry Kinney – Director
Richard Hoover – Set Designer
Sarah J. Holden – Costume Designer
David Weiner – Lighting Designer
Michael Bodeen – Sound Designer
Rob Milburn – Sound Designer
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
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