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Faber and Faber, London, 2006

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collection of One Act Plays

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comprises of: Funny ; Bench Seat; All Apologies; Merge; Road Trip; Autobahn

Sitting in an automobile was where I first remember understanding how drama works. Hidden in the back seat of a sedan, I quickly realized how deep the chasm or intense the claustrophobia could be inside your average family car.' Be it the medium for clandestine couplings, arguments, shelter, or ultimately transportation, the automobile is perhaps the most authentically American of spaces. In Autobahn, Neil LaBute's provocative new collection of one-act plays set within the confines of the front seat, the playwright employs his signature plaintive insight to great effect, investigating the inchoate apprehension that surrounds the steering wheel. Each of these seven brief vignettes explore the ethos of perception and relationship - from a make-out session gone awry, to a kidnapping thinly disguised as a road trip, a reconnaissance mission involving the rescue of a Nintendo 64 to a daughter's long ride home after her release from rehab. The result is an unsettling montage that gradually reveals the scabrous force of words left unsaid while illuminating the delicate interplay between intention and morality, capturing the essence of Middle America and the myriad paths which cross its surface.

off Broadway, NYC

2000

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Faber and Faber, London, 2000

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Three Plays

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Iphigenia On 0rem/A Gaggle Of Saints/Medea Redux

All three are unblinking portraits of the evils that are abroad in everyday life; each is distinguished by the raw and yet lyrical intensity that has become Neil Labute's signature

Circle in the Square Theater, New York

2005

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Contained in: "Wrecks and Other Plays" published by Faber and Faber, London Inc, New York,

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A comedy club. The man claims it is his first try at stand-up comedy. His attempts are very poor. He admits that he is gay. Then as a punch line claims that he is not and that he really is a stand-up comedian with regular spots at various comedy clubs and has fooled the audience.

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in Wrecks and Other Plays, Faber, London, 2009

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Short Play

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Samuel French, London, 2005

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in Wrecks and Other Plays, Faber, London, 2010

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MCC, NYC

2004

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Faber and Faber, London, 2006

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'Cow.' 'Slob.' 'Pig.' How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love?Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus-sized - and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, finally Tom comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. Neil LaBute's sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but boldly questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves.

2007

13th Street Repertory Company

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by John Guare, Neil LaBute, Quincy Long, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Clay McLeod Chapman, Daniel Frederick Levin, Daniel Gallant

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Faber and Faber, London, 2000

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Part of Bash

a young Mormon couple separately recount the violent events of an anniversary weekend in New York City.

2008

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part of the 30th annual marathon of new short plays

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2008

Dialogue Productions in association with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

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double bill with Land Of The Dead

In a chic restaurant in New York city, a man and his wife meet to take a break from Christmas shopping. He doesn't know that she has already seen him today.Elsewhere in town, a couple part. He goes to the office, she visits a clinic. As events unfold, it becomes clear that this is not just any ordinary day.

Lucille Lortel Theatre

2007

MCC Theater

Faber and Faber, London, 2007

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On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two family members find themselves brought face to face with each other's involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse. Drew's request releases barely-hidden animosities between the two; is he using these repressed memories to save himself while smearing the name of his brother's friend and mentor? These siblings must struggle to come to grips with their troubled legacy, both inside and outside their dark family home
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Faber and Faber, London, 1998

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Black Comedy

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in the company of men is a black comedy about a psychological love triangle set within 1990s corporate culture. The story of two white collar-managers, Chad and Howard, who maliciously plot to jointly romance the lonely, deaf, beautiful office temp Christine before simultaneously dumping her, is cool and compelling in its depiction of the worst sorts of emotional abuse. What begins as a cat-and-mouse game of one-upmanship quickly escalates into full-scale psychological warfare, with the woman merely a pawn easily captured and tossed aside in a dark, wicked duel for corporate ascension.

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Faber and Faber, London, 2000

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a Utah businessman confides in a stranger in a Las Vegas hotel room, confessing to an especially chilling crime.

2008

Dialogue Productions in association with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

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double bill with Helter Skelter

In a chic restaurant in New York city, a man and his wife meet to take a break from Christmas shopping. He doesn't know that she has already seen him today.Elsewhere in town, a couple part. He goes to the office, she visits a clinic. As events unfold, it becomes clear that this is not just any ordinary day.

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in Wrecks and Other Plays, Faber, London, 2008

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The Thirteenth Street Repertory Company presents Five Story Walkup, an evening of new short plays and monologues by some of today's leading dramatists, including John Guare, Neil LaBute, Quincy Long, and Clay McLeod Chapman. The following description is from the show's press release: "Follow the travails of mismatched lovers, a webcam provocateur, small-town philosophers, and urban pioneers as they strive to maintain or escape from their domestic situations. These works cover wide narrative territory, exploring cityscapes and rural settings, but are tied together by an intimate focus on the bond between identity and home." Proceeds from this production will go towards Thirteenth Street Rep's Legal Fund.
nytheatre.com

A college student veers between idolatry and vengeance.

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Faber and Faber, London, 2000

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a woman tells of her complex and ultimately tragic relationship with her junior high-school English teacher.

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Faber and Faber, London, 2003

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On September 12, 2001, Ben Harcourt finds himself in the downtown apartment of his lover, Amy Prescott. Over the course of the night, Ben and Amy explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they knew just the day before. LaBute presents the brutal realities of the war between the sexes and explores whether one can be truly opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness.

Lucille Lortel Theatre, NY

2008

MCC Theater

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America’s obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in this brutal and exhilarating new play. In reasons to be pretty, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhanded remarks about a female coworker’s pretty face (and his girlfriend’s lack thereof) get back to said girlfriend. But that’s just the beginning. Greg’s best buddy Kent, and Kent’s wife Carly also enter into the picture and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated. As their relationship crumbles, their friends are pulled into the fray and all are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth?
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2009

J.J. Kandel and John McCormack

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A couple head off for a romantic weekend-or do they?
- nytheatre.com

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Faber and Faber, London, 2002

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How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? Which price might you pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil Labute in The Shape of Things. A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an art major while his best friends' engagement crumbles, so unleashing a drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships, exposing the raw meat and gristle that lie beneath.

Gielgud, London

2005

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Faber and Faber, London, 2005

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100 min

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depicts a guy on the brink of marriage visiting a string of jilted ex partners.

Southwark Playhouse, London, EUR >>>

07 Oct 2009

The Sticking Place

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part of Terror 2009, a season of new, short horror plays written by some of our best contemporary playwrights and now in its sixth year, is hosted by Southwark Playhouse for 2009. The evening combines horror, and cabaret as the Grand Guignol tradition is reinvented for the 21st century

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part of Ensemble Studio Theatre's 29th annual Marathon—a festival of new short plays from a diverse spectrum of American playwrights

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Faber and Faber, London, 2005

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Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be a typical American couple: teenage sweethearts now married with children and a luxurious home. Typical except that Cody is in almost every respect an outsider - .rich and black and different., in the words of Belinda, who finds herself attracted to a white former classmate who has recently returned to town. As the battle for her affections is waged against a backdrop as seemingly serene as a Norman Rockwell painting, Belinda and Cody frankly question the foundation of their initial attraction, opening the door wide to a swath of bigotry, deception, and betrayal.

2008

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Part of the Broken Space Season - plays that are performed either with domestic lighting or in semi-darkness

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in Wrecks and Other Plays, Faber, London, 2007

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a man in his mid-50s is mourning his wife's death. People often gossiped about the age difference between them - she was 15 years older - but Edward Carr didn't care, because "she was worth loving". He won her from her first husband after a fistfight, and they built a profitable business, which he calls his "kingdom", recovering and renting classic cars (the ostensible reason for the title). The sex was always mighty: he never tired of "being inside her". Yes, LaBute's taboo du jour is incest, and the play is a loose adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Karen Fricker, The Guardian