"The
Baby with the Bathwater" by Christopher
Durang
Synopsis:
A satiric comedy about a mother who is a frustrated novelist, a
father who is an alcoholic and a nanny who is a warped Mary Poppins.
--and a baby. Frank Rich of the New York Times said the parents
are from the school of adults who "sadistically chew up their
young, then spit the remains onto a psychiatrist's couch. "
About
the Writer:
Christopher
Durang (The Idiots Karamazov) is the author of The Marriage
of Bette and Boo (Obie Award, Dramatists Guild Award), Baby
With the Bathwater, and Media Amok, all presented at the A.R.T.;
as well as A History of the American Film (Tony Nomination),
The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All
for You (Obie Award), Beyond Therapy, Laughing Wild, Durang/Durang
(an evening of six plays including a Tennassee Williams parody
For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls), Sex and Longing, and Betty's
Summer Vacation (Drama Desk nomination). As a performer, Mr.
Durang appeared in Laughing Wild in Los Angeles, shared an
acting ensemble Obie for The Marriage of Bette and Boo in
New York, and with John Augustine and Sherry Anderson has
performed his cabaret Chris Durang & Dawne in numerous
venues, winning a 1996 Bistro Award. He co-wrote with Sigourney
Weaver and performed in the Brecht-Weill parody Das Lusitania
Songspiel, appeared with Julie Andrews in the Sondheim review
Putting it Together, and in Call Me Madam. His films include
The Secret of My Success, Mr. North, The Butcher's Wife, Housesitter,
The Cowboy Way, The Object of My Affection, and The Out of
Towners. For television Mr. Durang wrote for the Carol Burnett
special "Carol and Robin and Whoopi and Carl" and
for the PBS series "Trying Times." He has written
several screenplays and two sitcom pilots. Mr. Durang has
an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, is the winner of numerous
scholarship and grants, and had his plays published by Grove
Press and Smith & Kraus. Since 1994 he and Marsha Norman
have co-chaired the Playwrighting Program at the Juilliard
School.
Christopher
Durang (The Idiots Karamazov) is the author of The Marriage
of Bette and Boo (Obie Award, Dramatists Guild Award), Baby
With the Bathwater, and Media Amok, all presented at the A.R.T.;
as well as A History of the American Film (Tony Nomination),
The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All
for You (Obie Award), Beyond Therapy, Laughing Wild, Durang/Durang
(an evening of six plays including a Tennassee Williams parody
For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls), Sex and Longing, and Betty's
Summer Vacation (Drama Desk nomination). As a performer, Mr.
Durang appeared in Laughing Wild in Los Angeles, shared an
acting ensemble Obie for The Marriage of Bette and Boo in
New York, and with John Augustine and Sherry Anderson has
performed his cabaret Chris Durang & Dawne in numerous
venues, winning a 1996 Bistro Award. He co-wrote with Sigourney
Weaver and performed in the Brecht-Weill parody Das Lusitania
Songspiel, appeared with Julie Andrews in the Sondheim review
Putting it Together, and in Call Me Madam. His films include
The Secret of My Success, Mr. North, The Butcher's Wife, Housesitter,
The Cowboy Way, The Object of My Affection, and The Out of
Towners. For television Mr. Durang wrote for the Carol Burnett
special "Carol and Robin and Whoopi and Carl" and
for the PBS series "Trying Times." He has written
several screenplays and two sitcom pilots. Mr. Durang has
an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, is the winner of numerous
scholarship and grants, and had his plays published by Grove
Press and Smith & Kraus. Since 1994 he and Marsha Norman
have co-chaired the Playwrighting Program at the Juilliard
School. 
