LEISURE, LABOR, LUST
by Sara Farrington
A 3-part psychodrama set in two versions of New York City in 1907: Edith Wharton’s uptown and Jacob Riis’ downtown. Four characters toss their tangled versions of a single narrative back and forth, reenacting unreliable memories, jumping in and out of time, space, character and gender. The fifth character is Delancey Morris, who’s never seen, but holds the others’ lives in the balance. In Leisure, Grace’s Hunter’s closeted husband Harry has just committed suicide, so she and her maid Lucy reenact the events leading up to his death, including Grace’s affair with Delancey. Labor rewinds to the days right before Harry’s suicide, with events told from the point of view of servants, Lucy and Gilbert. Lust fast forwards to moments before Harry’s suicide, where a still alive Harry expands the narrative even further, reliving his tortured life as a closeted man and years-long love affair with, again, Delancey Morris.
- Cast Size: 2M 2W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
SARA FARRINGTON (Playwright) NYC/NJ based playwright, co-founder of Foxy Films theater co. w/ Reid Farrington. MFA: Brooklyn College w/ Mac Wellman. Publications: The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant Garde (53rd State Press), A Trojan Woman, Mickey & Sage (both @ Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.), Leisure, Labor, Lust (Next Stage Press). Sara’s play CasablancaBox was nominated for 2 Drama Desks. Sara’s been called “dazzling” by The New Yorker, “brave, almost foolhardy” by the NY Times. Her musical Dr. Uncanny Presents: Moreau ‘96 is composed by David Van Tieghem, directed by Reid Farrington. Plays: Look Out, A Trojan Woman, Dora Maar, Lucky Breaks, CasablancaBox, BrandoCapote, Leisure, Labor, Lust, The Return (commission: Metropolitan Museum of Art), Near Vicksburg, Honduras, The Rise & Fall of Miles & Milo (Winner: Outstanding Playwriting Award @ FringeNYC) and more. Film: Mendacity, dir: Reid Farrington, official selection of 2023 NYC Indie Theater Film Festival @ New Ohio Theatre. Residencies: NaCL Artistic Residency, Mercury Store, HARP @ HERE Arts Center, Now-In-Process @ New Ohio, AFO Solo Collective and others. Sara’s plays have toured the world from Athens to London to Omaha to West Orange, NJ. Sara’s a voice actor, champion of #MeToo, mama to Jack & Levi. www.ladyfarrington.com & Substack: TheaterIsHard.
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