Rabbit Hole (play)

For other uses, see Rabbit hole (disambiguation).
Rabbit Hole
Cover of published text
Written byDavid Lindsay-Abaire
CharactersBecca Corbett
Howie Corbett
Izzy
Nat
Jason Willette
Date premiered2006
Place premieredPacific Playwrights Festival
Costa Mesa, California
Original languageEnglish
SubjectA family copes with the untimely death of a child.
GenreTragedy[1][2][3][4][5][6]
SettingThe Home of Howie and Becca Corbett, Larchmont, NY,[7] Present

Rabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered on Broadway in 2006, and it has also been produced by regional theatres in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The play had its Spanish language premiere in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Autumn of 2010.

The play deals with how family members survive a major loss and includes comedy as well as tragedy. Cynthia Nixon won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance as Becca in the New York production, and the play was nominated for several other Tony awards.

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  2. ^ Bustin, Jeremy. "BWW Review: Cadence Theatre's RABBIT HOLE Examines Life After Tragedy". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Down the 'Rabbit Hole' of tragedy and grief". The Miami Student. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Did Broadway Critics Fall for David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole?". Broadway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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  6. ^ "Young boy's death drives tragedy of 'Rabbit Hole'". Ocregister.com. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)