The Distance From Here
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 6, 2004
Closed Jun 5, 2004
Opened May 6, 2004
Closed Jun 5, 2004
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jealousy runs amok in a suburban wasteland where no one acts like an adult or respects a boundary enough to set one. The play centers around Darrell, a teen-age slacker pushed over the brink of sanity by a loveless home life. Over time, Darrell is deceived by his mother, Cammie, who can't remember his childhood; by his stepsister, Shari, who suggests they have sexual relations; and by Rich, his mother's boyfriend. The cycle of betrayal comes full circle at a decrepit suburban zoo when Darrell decides to confront his girlfriend Jenn, and his best friend Tim. The Distance From Here is written by Neil LaBute, and presented by MCC Theater.
Michael Greif directs a cast that includes Amelia Alvarez, Ian Brennan, Josh Charles, Melissa Leo, Logan Marshall-Green, Anna Paquin, Alison Pill, and Mark Webber.
The production is the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.
The Thursday, May 6 opening night curtain is at 7pm.
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In the published version of The Distance From Here, which is dedicated to the critic John Lahr, playwright Neil LaBute affixes two epigraphs. The first is from W.H. Auden's somber "As I Walked Out One Evening" and the second is from one of the late Kurt Cobain's signature lyrics: "Oh well, whatever, never mind." That "whatever" apparently stopped LaBute in his writing tracks. In his latest play, he puts the overused word into characters' mouths with amusing frequency -- amusing but also ominous because he's writing about people for whom "whatever" is not just a casual remark. It's a philosophy.
Nothing that members of the Whatever Generation do has much meaning for them, nor does anything d[...]