Handbag

Anacostia Playhouse
2020 Shannon Place SE Washington

DC-area premiere! Discover an award-winning black comedy by England's daring, "in-yer-face" playwright. Handbag follows a pair of gay couples' convoluted plans to have a child in present-day London. A second plot-a prequel of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest-parallels the first plot until the two worlds collide. Handbag bucks the belief that parenthood is a natural instinct ... and shows what can go awry when it's not. So take a journey from 1990s sperm banks to Victorian wet nurses! Warning: Contains adult themes, language and sexuality.

Presented by SCENA Theatre

Thru - Nov 30, 2014

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Scena’s production is carried along by an exemplary cast. Mauretta (Anne Nottage) and Suzanne (Amanda Forstrom) are hardworking, trendy lesbians for whom everything, including loving a child, must be worked into the schedule. Tom (Edward C. Nagel) is the neurotic, clingy sperm donor, while his partner David (Gray West) is a bit of an arse hole with an “itchy dick” as Suzanne puts it. He promptly begins a relationship with Phil (Bob Sheire), a junkie hustler who yearns to be taken care of by somebody, anybody. Not one to be tied down, Phil begins his own courtship with Lorraine (Haely Jardas), a fellow denizen of the lower orders who also works as Mauretta and Suzanne’s nanny. At the center of all this is the child, who is the center of attention and, at the same time, utterly ignored."

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- Michael Poandl

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Scena Theatre’s Handbag is complex, grotesque and enticing. The aptly named “in-yer-face” theatre movement has certainly arrived in Washington, DC, and found a home in the capable hands of Director Robert McNamara."

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- Jennifer Minich

Handbag presented by SCENA Theatre at Anacostia Playhouse

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