Dear Jack, Dear Louise

by Ken Ludwig

Overview

U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig a military doctor stationed in Oregon begins writing to Louise Rabiner an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous heartwarming story of his parents' courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.

"Ludwig's play though about a particular moment in his personal history as well as our collective history also resonates today. Dear Jack Dear Louise is a moving funny and heartbreaking reminder of what we should strive to become individually and as a country." - BroadwayWorld

"Moving and cinematic... The play based on the correspondence of Ludwig's parents-to-be crackles with humor and real feeling." - DC Theatre Scene

"An intimate play with tremendous breadth... Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack Dear Louise plumbs the depths of human courage commitment and connection when the world and your heart are at stake." - DC Metro Theater Arts

"Strikes the touchstones of the online dating age with uncanny precision." - The Washington Post

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573708800
Publisher:	Concord Theatricals
Publication date:	10/05/2020
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.13(d)

About the Author

KEN LUDWIG is an internationally acclaimed playwright who has had numerous hits on Broadway, in London, and throughout the world. His plays and musicals include Lend Me a Tenor, which won two Tony Awards, and Crazy for You, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.