If I Forget and Other Plays

If I Forget and Other Plays

By Steven Levenson
Paperback $22.95

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Publication Date: 8th August 2023

A compelling new collection of plays by the Tony Award-winning playwright of Dear Evan Hansen. Read More
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Description
In If I Forget, Michael Fischer reunites with his sisters to celebrate their father’s seventy-fifth birthday. Each deeply invested in their own ver­sion of family history, the siblings clash over everything from Michael’s controversial scholarly work to the pressures of caring for their ailing parent. As destructive secrets bubble to the surface, the three negotiate how much of the past they’re willing to sacrifice for a chance at a new beginning. This debut collection also includes The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin and The Language of Trees.
Details
  • Price: $22.95
  • Pages: 280
  • Carton Quantity: 32
  • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
  • Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
  • Publication Date: 8th August 2023
  • Trim Size: 5.38 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9781636700076
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    DRAMA / American / General
Reviews

“Steven Levenson’s passionate and provoking If I Forget is a family play and a political play . . . Irritable and animated, the Fischers come vibrantly alive in this playwright’s funny, bruising, searching voice.” —Alexis Soloski, New York Times

“Gripping . . . The problem with many family dramas is that the families are so often hateful. Levenson avoids that trap in If I Forget, writing about a tribe of middle-aged Jewish neurotics who snipe and squabble after the death of their mother—but who love one another . . . One secret after another is teased out.” —Marilyn Stasio, Variety

“Magnificent . . . The miraculous thing about Levenson’s talent is that he makes us understand the Fischers’ private code even though it’s not our family . . . An amazing play.” — Robert Hofler, Wrap

“Funny and deeply unsettling . . . wholly conceived and deeply felt. Levenson is such an expansive and gifted writer.” —Jeremy Gerard, Deadline

- The New York Times on The Language of Trees
Author Bio
Steven Levenson’s other works include Days of Rage, Core Values, and Seven Minutes in Heaven, and the book for the musical Dear Evan Han­sen. Honors include a Tony Award, an Obie Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Writers Guild Award, and the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award.
In If I Forget, Michael Fischer reunites with his sisters to celebrate their father’s seventy-fifth birthday. Each deeply invested in their own ver­sion of family history, the siblings clash over everything from Michael’s controversial scholarly work to the pressures of caring for their ailing parent. As destructive secrets bubble to the surface, the three negotiate how much of the past they’re willing to sacrifice for a chance at a new beginning. This debut collection also includes The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin and The Language of Trees.
  • Price: $22.95
  • Pages: 280
  • Carton Quantity: 32
  • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
  • Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
  • Publication Date: 8th August 2023
  • Trim Size: 5.38 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9781636700076
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    DRAMA / American / General

“Steven Levenson’s passionate and provoking If I Forget is a family play and a political play . . . Irritable and animated, the Fischers come vibrantly alive in this playwright’s funny, bruising, searching voice.” —Alexis Soloski, New York Times

“Gripping . . . The problem with many family dramas is that the families are so often hateful. Levenson avoids that trap in If I Forget, writing about a tribe of middle-aged Jewish neurotics who snipe and squabble after the death of their mother—but who love one another . . . One secret after another is teased out.” —Marilyn Stasio, Variety

“Magnificent . . . The miraculous thing about Levenson’s talent is that he makes us understand the Fischers’ private code even though it’s not our family . . . An amazing play.” — Robert Hofler, Wrap

“Funny and deeply unsettling . . . wholly conceived and deeply felt. Levenson is such an expansive and gifted writer.” —Jeremy Gerard, Deadline

– The New York Times on The Language of Trees
Steven Levenson’s other works include Days of Rage, Core Values, and Seven Minutes in Heaven, and the book for the musical Dear Evan Han­sen. Honors include a Tony Award, an Obie Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Writers Guild Award, and the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award.