Clyde's

by Lynn Nottage

Overview

“A deceptively simple flavor-bomb of a new comedy about survival, second chances, and digesting whatever life serves up.” —Naveen Kumar, Variety

With a chance at reclaiming their lives, the formerly incarcerated people working at Clyde’s, a roadside sandwich stop, strive hard to overcome their personal challenges. Not so easy under their boss Clyde. In this razor-sharp comedy, this motley crew of line cooks, under a visionary chef, are given purpose and permission to dream through their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636700182
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	05/21/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lynn Nottage is a playwright and screenwriter. She is the first (and only) woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Her other plays include Sweat; Ruined; Mlima’s Tale; Intimate Apparel; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbsfrom the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; and the book for MJ: The Musical. She is the co-founder of Market Road Films.

Editorial Reviews

Nottage’s delightful Clyde’s dares to flip the paradigm. Though it’s still about dark things, including prison, drugs, homelessness, and poverty, it somehow turns them into bright comedy. That Clyde’s is a comedy does not mean it doesn’t have tragedy baked in . . . Though it ultimately rejects the Greek model, it is still about gods and mortals.” —Jesse Green, New York Times

 “Nottage’s dramas have a knack for getting to the heart of ordinary tales, rendering them with precision and re-presenting them in compelling ways . . . A poignant story loaded with laugh-out-loud funny jokes . . . If Sweat cataloged the pain of betrayal, then Clyde’s finds itself exploring not just good versus evil, but the strength of solidarity.” —Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter

 “Clyde’s is a highly entertaining comedy of kitchen nightmares at a Pennsylvania truck stop . . . Broadway’s cup of bracing drama has begun to runneth over.”—Peter Marks, Washington Post

“The feel-good play of the season. But from seemingly disparate ingredients—slices of ex-con life, a dash of fresh rom-com, a battle between the forces of good and evil—Nottage has crafted a light, delicious medley of sustenance and flavor.”—Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

From the Publisher

Despite the fact that this is a play about living with and through your mistakes, it’s hysterical and real, and it will make you hungry…in the end there is love and laughter, there is connection, there is possibility, and there is a sandwich.”

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Funny, optimistic and compassionate…feels like a play we need right now.”

Star Tribune