It is a troubling thought, one of the honest and intelligent values of this splendid and tormented play. And yet, Zindel reminds us, strong, strange, beautiful flowers spring from such compost heaps. There is a sense in Rachel, Rachel but particularly in Gamma Rays that Newman and Woodward are exploring the lives of Rachel and Beatrice without compromise. Shame hangs in the air of this house and palpably as poison gas. It is the most compelling work of its kind since Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie.” – Variety His first play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. After teaching high school science for several years, he decided to pursue a career as a playwright.
It combines moments of pain, poignancy, beauty and hope. Paul Zindel (1936-2003) was born and raised on Staten Island in New York. When Tillie undertakes an unusual science project, she finally breaks free of her dysfunctional mother… and reveals a shattering truth. Paul Zindel’s drama centers on embittered boardinghouse owner Beatrice, who wreaks petty vengeance for her dismal life on her two daughters, the unstable and submissive Ruth and the gifted, but pathologically, shy Tillie. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1971, Marigolds is directed by Katja Rivera and features Julia Belanoff, Alona Bach, Michelle Jasso, Michele Ang, and AJ Davenport. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Plays by Paul Zindel (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author)) Kindle Edition by Paul Zindel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 158 ratings Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 7.43 10 Used from 4.19 6 Collectible from 37. The Pulizer Prize Winning Drama by Paul ZindelĬustom Made Theatre Company Goes for (Mari) Gold in Pulitzer Prize-winning DramaĬustom Made Theatre Company stages one of the most popular plays of the last 40 years, Paul Zindel’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
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