Synopsis

Levittown

Levittown $13

Marc Palmieri

Published by Dramatists Play Service

6 Male 2 Female

When Kevin, the grandson of a World War II combat veteran, returns early from yet another college, he learns that his deeply troubled sister is about to be married

With renewed hope, he attempts to reconcile his family with the abusive father who left them years before

Amidst the thin walls of their Levittown home, the members of this beleaguered family are forced to confront a concealed history, the self-destructive nature that has plagued them for generations, and the failure of faiths onto which they have desperately held

"We don't typically quibble with Tolstoy, but are unhappy families really so different?

Or are they rather like the endless rows of postwar homes that William Levitt built on Long Island?

What seemed stable and well-intentioned is revealed as restrictive, slapdash, even claustrophobic. Striking exchangesdistinct characters" ~ Village Voice

"Call him the Iago of Long Island. Palmieri's disquieting new play features one of the most compelling modern villains to grace the New York stage this year ... a truly exhilarating theatrical experience" ~ OffOffOnline.com

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