Kimberly Akimbo

Kimberly Akimbo
Kimberly Akimbo
Written by	David Lindsay-Abaire
Date premiered	2001
Place premiered	South Coast Repertory
Original language	English
Setting	Bogota, New Jersey, Bergen County

Kimberly Akimbo is a play written in 2000 by David Lindsay-Abaire.^[1]^[2] Its title character is a lonely teenage girl suffering from a disease similar to progeria, that causes her to age four and a half times as fast as normal, thus trapping her inside the frail physical body of an elderly woman. She meets another misfit (a teenage boy) and the two form an attachment to one another that borders on attraction, but their situation is not helped by Kimberly's rapidly deteriorating health. Soon, Kimberly's family gets mixed up in some crazy money schemes, and the family is emotionally destroyed.

^ Leigh Morris, Steven (July 25, 2013). "Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Polka. Yes, Polka". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
^ Shirley, Don (April 16, 2001). "How a Teen Copes in a World Thrown 'Akimbo'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[1] Leigh Morris, Steven (July 25, 2013). "Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Polka. Yes, Polka". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[2] Shirley, Don (April 16, 2001). "How a Teen Copes in a World Thrown 'Akimbo'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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