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Paris

Paris at Atlantic Stage 2 Theater

Why see Paris?

A Promising Debut From Eboni Booth

Critically acclaimed actress and Playwriting Fellow at the Juilliard School Eboni Booth marks her playwriting debut at the Atlantic Theater this winter. Her first ever play Paris is attracting much buzz thanks to her past performances at venerated New York venues including Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Page 73 and Soho Rep. as As a new voice emerges, don't miss the chance to see the birth of what is sure to be a promising and important career!

Booth explores the themes of racial inequality, invisibility, poverty and unfair working conditions throughout the story of one of the only African Americans living in the picturesque climes of Paris, Vermont. The story's protagonist is Emmie, who jumps at the chance to work at an isolated story off the interstate, but as loneliness overshadows her pitiful pay checks, she finds herself in the grip of a different type of isolation all together... 

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5 reviews, average rating: (2.4 Stars)

Josh

A Fantastic Writing Debut

This behind the scenes glimpse of the struggle of class and race while working at the bottom gave me some ptsd from my time at a corporate restaurant. While the town of Paris may be hundreds of miles from NYC, the plight of the working poor and being the “other” will resonate with anyone that’s ever been either (or both). Performances were solid, the bare staging really help bring the material to reality for its 90 minute run time. Paris is an interesting debut play that had us talking about its themes for hours after the final bow. ... Read more

Jay Henry

A delicate play that will press buttons

I think it is very easy to be reactionary to Paris. It press is a lot of buttons in all of us. I think the slice of life plays can truly overwhelm us, therefore I do understand some of the other reviews. I however like theater that deals with something profound about just being alive and how we make it through the day. I think this play touches on this quite well. I think it is well structured and while sometimes uneven in the acting this play holds up. Sometimes the acting is quite a live in vivid. Sometimes it can be a bit forced which can make it seem slightly flat but I think there is the possibility of the actors creating something very real and moving I hope the during the course of the run they will find us ... Read more
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