10 Out of 12

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10 Out of 12

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  6w, 8m

Anne Washburn

Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns) took notes during her tech rehearsals over the years. 10 Out of 12 is a wry and absorbing look at how work forms us and deforms us.

Image: 2015 Soho Rep Production (Julieta Cervantes)

10 Out of 12

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Anne Washburn is the recipient of the 2015 Whiting Award for Drama

Details

Summary
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tech. Around you, a company of 14 is engaged in the very peculiar—and peculiarly impossible—task of making a new play. You’ll have a seat next to the sound designer as he mixes cues. You’ll eavesdrop on backstage gossip as it happens over headset. You’ll watch the director struggle to contain the uncontainable.

Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns) took notes during her tech rehearsals over the years. 10 Out of 12 is a wry and absorbing look at how work forms us and deforms us.


History

10 Out of 12 premiered in New York City with SoHo Rep in May of 2015 under the direction of Les Waters.

Keywords
Performing Groups

BEN – plays Charles
EVA – plays Marie
SIGET – plays Old Lady and Lucille
PAUL – plays Carstairs
JAKE – plays Richard
JAMIE – the ASM
THE DIRECTOR

Some characters are seen on the stage, but heard only in the house, or on headset:
THE STAGE MANAGER
AD
E2

These characters are only heard:
LIGHTS
SOUND
COSTUME
E3


  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting A downtown New York theatre during technical rehearsals.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS 

“Critics’ Pick. Washburn cracks the door on a world that shouldn’t be so alien–a play rehearsal–and reveals abundant wonder, whimsy, even horror…incredible attention to detail and tone…all at once a familiar haunt and a devilish maze.” - Time Out New York, Read More 

"...exceptiionally funny and moving..." - New York Magazine, Read More 

“a strange and ecstatic vision…a wholly original love song to the maddening art of the theater” - The New York Times, Read More

"...excruciatingly detailed and...terribly funny!" - Variety, Read More 

"a bold new play..." - Entertainment Weekly, Read More 

" The repertoire isn’t exactly skimpy when it comes to plays-within-plays that take us backstage...10 Out of 12 isn't like any of them...I was mezmerized." - Edmonton Journal, Read More


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  • 10 Out of 12

    Image: 2015 Soho Rep Production (Julieta Cervantes)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Anne Washburn

Anne Washburn
Anne Washburn’s play's include Mr. Burns, 10 out of 12, Antlia Pneumatica, A Devil At Noon, Apparition, The Communist Dracula Pageant, I Have Loved Strangers, The Ladies, The Internationalist, The Small, Little Bunny Foo Foo and transadaptations of Euripides' Orestes and Iph ...
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