Overview
Nora, a lovelorn musicologist with a drinking problem, schemes to steal the husband of a former Miss Idaho (runner-up). When the extramarital hijinks go brutally awry, Nora flees to the Rocky Mountains, tracks down her estranged mother’s partner, and weasels her way into their wholesome domestic existence. But in her bid for help, Nora risks losing the only family she’s ever had—this time, forever.
Casting & Production
Casting
NORA — Female, 32.5, adjunct musicologist at the University of Idaho
MICHAEL — Male, 40s, poet and English professor at the University of Idaho
JULIE — Female, 50s, Nora’s mother, former choir director from Georgia
ETHEL — Female, 50s, Julie’s companion, food service worker from Idaho
CRYSTAL — Female, 30, Michael’s wife, preschool teacher and former Miss Idaho contestant
Setting
Place
Moscow, Idaho.
Setting
A condo living room, a mountain cabin, and a hospital room
Time
Recently
Reviews
“Vibrant… outré humor… unwinds not at all as you might expect. Crystal is like a Beth Henley character infused with a few drops of Martin McDonagh’s deranged fierceness. Rosebrock has spun a comedy that freely intermingles laughter, frustration, tears and shock.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“DIDO careens from high-minded laughs to cutthroat rage to soft-edged dreamscape, with Rosebrock embracing feminism even as she skewers it. She takes the work of Virgil, spikes it with shards of Edward Albee, doses it with a shot of Tennessee Williams, then shifts that whole male canon of Western thinking into a female perspective. The result is a crash course in self-respect and surviving betrayal, be it romantic, familial, or self-inflicted. A strong debut.”
—Off Off Online
“Powerful, pointed and poignant. Hypnotic to watch. A blistering and hysterical look at trauma, memory, and regret.”
—Broadway World
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