this collection contains two one act plays:
CHUCKY'S HUNCH
FUTZ
and two full-length plays:
KONTRAPTION
THREE FRONT
"Rochelle Owens' risk-taking is more radical in certain respects than
Beckett or Shepard."
C W E Bigsby, Modern American Drama
"The genius of Owens' work lies not in ideological commitments but in
her access to the subconscious. One of our most courageous and insightful
artists...and perhaps the most profound tragic playwright in the American
theater."
Village Voice
CHUCKY'S HUNCH:
"CHUCKY'S HUNCH, Rochelle Owens' monodrama about an untamed abstract
painter and his perplexing relations with America in the shape of his ex-wife
and mother is a triumph of sustained verbal fireworks! Not to be missed!"
Village Voice
"The character of Chucky reaches truly heroic proportions. A penetrating
chain letter from the heart. A wonderful mixture of anger, madness, regret and
self-incriminating introspection. Attention must be paid. A rare and daring
dramatic imagination."
The New York Times
"A funny wonderful play. Rochelle Owens' comic flame has never burnt so
bright, but like the eye of the tiger, it is savage!"
Post (New York)
originally produced at Theater for the New City, New York
1 M
FUTZ:
"FUTZ is one of the most original and uninhibited pieces of dramatic
poetry ever written. No one seriously interested in theatre arts will want to
miss it."
Saturday Review
originally produced by the Minnesota Theater Company
5 M, 4 F
KONTRAPTION:
"In the world of KONTRAPTION Rochelle Owens has devised a language of
high intensity and eroticism to express the extremes of human existence. The
characters are conjurers of words as well as visions—and the Word is
made Flesh!"
American Playwrights
originally produced by The New York Theater Strategy
6 M, 3 F
THREE FRONT:
"THREE FRONT, by one of the most inventive experimental playwrights in
America, is tremendously alive, rich in writing and theatricality."
Europe Plurilingue
originally produced by The Omaha Magic Theater
1 M, 2 F
PLAYS BY ROCHELLE OWENS
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