SIRENS
"Some of the most delectable and amusing dialogue we’ve heard on a stage in a long time...fresh, smart and hugely entertaining.” --Chicago Sun Times
“The Festival’s smash this year was Ms. Laufer’s Sirens. Ms. Laufer has a wonderful theatrical imagination and a fine comic sense. “Audience favorite that certainly will be on the boards in the year to come is the four- character play Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer." -- Theatremania
"Hilarious and ingenious describe the plot twists…' --Theatreworld Internet Magazine
"Some of the most delectable and amusing dialogue we’ve heard on a stage in a long time...fresh, smart and hugely entertaining.” --Chicago Sun Times
“The Festival’s smash this year was Ms. Laufer’s Sirens. Ms. Laufer has a wonderful theatrical imagination and a fine comic sense. “Audience favorite that certainly will be on the boards in the year to come is the four- character play Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer." -- Theatremania
"Hilarious and ingenious describe the plot twists…' --Theatreworld Internet Magazine
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When Sam Abrams first fell in love with Rose he wrote her a song — a song that has been covered by every recording artist and translated to every language. It is heard in every elevator and on every cell phone ringtone. For twenty-five years, Sam has been trying to write the next song – to no avail.
Sam and Rose are now celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with a cruise in the Mediterranean. Sam hears the most beautiful music ever heard, jumps overboard, and winds up on the Siren’s island. There he must struggle with the seductions of the Siren, the terrors of middle age, and the tortures of creative failure. And he must find a way to get home and win his wife back. CAST: SAM ABRAMS: 40’s-50’s ROSE ADELLE ABRAMS: 40’s-50’s, Sy’s wife SIREN: Sublimely lovely. Early 20’s, (Also plays: Leah, Waitress) RICHARD MILLER 40’s-50’s Played by an actor in his early 20’s |
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Production History Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Louisville, KY Aurora Theatre Atlanta, GA New Jewish Theatre St. Louis, MO Penguin Rep Stonypoint, NY Highlands Cashiers Theatre Highlands, NC Hippodrome Theatre Gainesville, FL Citadel Theatre Lake Forest, IL Fox Valley Rep St. Charles, IL Heartland Theatre Co. Peoria, IL Interplayers Spokane, WA Soap Box Players Lake City, MN Underground Players Viroqua, WI Binbrook Little Theatre Binbrook, ON Omaha Playhouse, Omaha, NE North Central College Naperville, IL DAC Stage Darien, CT Cider Mill Playhouse Endicott, NY Ocoee Theatre Guild Cleveland, TN (inaugural Pro.) The Lab Thtre of FL Fort Myers, FL 7/16 Edmonton Fringe Festival Alberta, Canada, 8/18 The Restless Artists Theatre Sparks, NV, 2/2019 Valley Theatre Company Prosser, WA 9/19 Sonnentag Theatre at the IceHouse Mount Dora, FL, 3/21 |
Some reviews:
“The breakout hit of this Humana Festival is sure to be “Sirens.” Actress turned playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer has tackled — with great humor and some genuine poignancy — a sensitive subject painfully familiar to many couples: a marriage that has lost its spark. . . "some of the most delectable and amusing dialogue we’ve heard on a stage in a long time...fresh, smart and hugely entertaining.” --Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/stage/2116213,032210-Humana-Festival.article ----------------- “Deborah Zoe Laufer's funny and heartfelt “Sirens” kicked off the 34th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville proving that character and story — not to mention romance — are alive and well in American theater... a witty play with a heart as big as its mouth... contains more than a hint of magic, but it's grounded by the everyday struggles of marriage.” --Louisville Courier-Journal http://www.courierjournal.com/article/20100226/SCENE05/2260317/1011/SCENE ------------------------- “The Festival’s smash this year was Ms. Laufer’s Sirens. Ms. Laufer has a wonderful theatrical imagination and a fine comic sense. --Theatremania L.R Harbisonhttp://www.theatermania.com/user/userreviews/1829539/ ------------------ "A play that is bound to get many [subsequent productions] is Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Sirens, a cleverly constructed and written comedy about restoring the passion in a long-term marriage, or at least stopping it from disintegrating after 25 years.” The “play is… probably Laufer’s most audience-friendly and potentially commercial work yet. . . Laufer’s depiction of the Gameboy-playing siren and Rose’s pursuit of her own high school crush give the play a few tasty twists, plenty of laughs and, ultimately, some poignancy.” Palm Beach ArtsPaper http://www.pbartspaper.com/2010/03/theater-feature-laufers-sirens-looks.html ---------------------- ...should prove to be a popular selection for audiences looking for uproarious entertainment. . . This is a very funny play. ----LouisvilleMojo.com (Keith Waits) http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Louisville_blogs/85108/Theatre_Louisville_review_of_Sirens --------------------- 2010 Humana Festival, Part 2: "Sirens" Is the Best of the Bunch "my favorite of the festival." I can see “Sirens” showing up in just about any theater, and I hope it has a long life in regional rep. The humor and warmth, as well as the understanding of what it means to be married a long time, are things that never go out of style.” --A Follow Spot http://www.afollowspot.com/?spref=fb ------------------- "Excellent comedy.. Sirens is a fantasy, but it’s a very funny one, and the appeal to Baby Boomer audiences makes this work a likely hit.” --Cincinnati CityBeat http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-1260-34th-humana-festival-of-new-american-plays.html ------------------- “Plays with a bright future: Deborah Zoe Laufer's "Sirens"... small casts and center on what concerns just about everybody: relationships.” --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ------------------------- “Audience favorite that certainly will be on the boards in the year to come is the four- character play Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer. Hilarious and ingenious describe the plot twists before and after Sam meets his modern day Siren equipped with a modern Ipod to lure ships to their doom.” --Theatreworld Internet Magazinehttp://www.theatreworldinternetmagazine.com |