One of the Nice Ones
Published on 1. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-1-7379853-4-1 (ISBN)
Description
A paraplegic woman plays outrageous power games to get something she desperately wants in this dark, twisty, sexy play that takes office politics to new extremes.
WINNER, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award: Best Playwriting
WINNER, Arts in LA Sage Awards: Best Playwriting
NOMINEE, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards: Best Playwriting
NOMINEE, Stage Raw Awards: Best Playwriting
Play Details
One of the Nice Ones is a 90-minute play with no intermission.
Cast: 2 female, 2 male
Genre: dark comedy, satire, workplace comedy, modern classic, dysfunction, dramedy, edgy, new plays, subversive, provocative, radical, bold
Keywords: intimacy, body image, eating disorders, diet culture, body dysmorphia, BDD, Body Identity Integrity Disorder, sexual harassment, Me Too Movement, self-image, self-esteem, patriarchy, power plays, power dynamics, disability, identity politics, ethics
Character Breakdown
TRACY, a white woman in a wheelchair. She is a shark who smells blood in the water.
ROGER, her boss, a cis straight white male. The epitome of privilege.
NEAL, a co-worker, a man of color. Genuinely nice, honest, good.
COLLEEN/WANDA, a client, a woman of color. Done being nice. Fuck nice.
More details
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7379853-4-1 (9781737985341)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Erik Patterson recently won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for One of the Nice Ones, which had its world premiere at The Echo Theater Company in 2016. His plays have been produced or developed by Playwrights' Arena, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Theatre of NOTE, Evidence Room, The Actors' Gang, the Echo Theater Company, the Lark Play Development Center, Moving Arts, Black Dahlia, Naked Angels, the Mark Taper Forum, and New Group. Nominations include the Ovation Award, the Stage Raw Award, the LA Weekly Award, and the GLAAD Media Award. His writing for TV has been recognized with the Humanitas Prize and the Writer's Guild Award, as well as two Emmy nominations. Film and TV credits include R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Another Cinderella Story, and Deep Blue Sea 2. His play Handjob recently ran to sold-out houses at Echo Theater Company in Atwater Village. Erik is a graduate of Occidental College and the British American Drama Academy.