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by Tracy Letts
Summary
Summary
From Wikipedia.org: "The play focuses on the relationship between despondent Arthur Przybyszewski, a former 1960s radical who owns a rundown donut shop in Chicago's Uptown, and Franco, his energetic but troubled young African American assistant, who wants to update the establishment with lively music and healthy menu options. Dialogue scenes are separated by soliloquies in which Arthur discusses his past and reminisces about the city as it was in his younger years."
Scenes
Scenes
p22 - 26
Poster Designs
Poster Designs
These are different advertising designs for Superior Donuts. Notice similarities, differences, moods/tones, etc
Set Designs
Set Designs
Letts describes the setting of Superior Donuts: "Superior Donuts, a small donut shop in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. December 2009 - January 2010." In order to find the look, designers conduct research and listen to the needs of the director and the production.
Reviews of significant productions of Superior Donuts:
Orlando Weekly: "Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, which had a brief run on Broadway in 2009, is probably the most accessible play from an author better known for the brutal dramas Bug and Killer Joe. In fact, the storyline is so sitcom-like in its setup that CBS spun it off into a half-hour comedy starring Judd Hirsch."
New York Theater: "This got a big laugh in the performance I attended. I am assuming that some of this is based on the titillation that Broadway audiences consistently get from the utterance of even mildly naughty words; part of it is the surprising sassiness of this response... But the young man, who we find out later is desperately in debt, had just barely managed through cleverness and persistence to get a job from this stranger. Would he then immediately tell his new boss how much he hated the product that the man sells?"
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