"[A] very honest, truthful and evenhanded look at the benefits and limitations of reconciliation, respectful to the pain of those who live in small-town America and also awake to what such communities can give to the nation."
— The Chicago Tribune
“Alex Lubischer’s three-act play reveals itself in layers, like a Russian nesting doll. [...] There’s a good deal of comic relief, but bleakness and enigma rule the day, and the over-all effect is haunting.”
— The New Yorker
Bobbie Clearly
(dark comedy, 2016) Something unspeakable happened in the middle of a cornfield two years ago. Now, at last, the upstanding residents of Milton, Nebraska – from the cop and the nurse to the co-captains of the dance team, and even Bobbie himself – are ready to tell you their sides of the story. This comedy-about-a-tragedy follows a sprawling cast of characters as a small town strives to make sense of senseless violence.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Off-Broadway, 2018)
Director | Will Davis
Cast | Gabriel Brown, Sasha Diamond, Ethan Dubin, Crystal Finn, Marcus Ho, Christopher Innvar, Tyler Lea, Talene Monahon, Brian Quijada, Constance Shulman and JD Taylor
Set Design | Arnulfo Maldonado
Costume Design | Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Lighting Design | Jen Schriever
Sound Design | Palmer Hefferan
Dramaturgy | Jill Rafson
Stage Management | Samantha Watson
Steep Theatre Company (Chicago, 2016)
Director | Josh Sobel
Cast | McKenzie Chinn, David Fisch, Roy Gonzalez, Nick Horst, Tom Jansson, Erika Napoletano Paloma Nozicka, Miguel Nunez, Joel Reitsma, Melissa Riemer, Carson Schroeder
Set Design | Eleanor Kahn
Costume Design | Brittany Dee Bodley
Lighting Design | Jeff Glass
Sound Design | Thomas Dixon
Dramaturgy | Rebecca Adelsheim
Stage Management | Lauren Lassus
Script now available from Samuel French!
“Thematically and structurally, Lubischer’s world premiere is remarkable, one of the first great new works of this nascent season [...] Bobbie Clearly is a collective portrait, a vision of a town (a country, a world) at odds with itself over how it wants to be understood."
— Newcity Stage
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