In the provocative two-hander Some Velvet Morning, award-winning playwright Neil LaBute continues to explore the nuances of gender relationships, creating a powerful work of sharp and subtle contrasts.
Fred tells Velvet he’s finally left his wife to be with her, news to Velvet since she hasn’t seen him in years and is now friends with Fred’s recently married son. Hopes dashed, Fred engages Velvet in a mesmerizing conversation brimming with passion, remorse, humor, and anger. As power shifts and tension mounts, the young and beautiful Velvet and the older, volatile Fred revisit a shared history, and the twisted heart of their relationship is slowly revealed in a stunning climax.
Neil LaBute’s plays include:
bash: three plays,
The Distance From Here,
Reasons to Be Happy,
Miss Julie (adapted from August Strindberg),
Lovely Head and Other Plays, and
In a Forest, Dark and Deep, all available from Overlook. His films include
In the Company of Men,
Your Friends and Neighbors,
Nurse Betty,
Possession,
The Shape of Things, and
Some Velvet Morning.Neil LaBute’s plays include: bash: three plays, The Distance From Here, Reasons to Be Happy, Miss Julie (adapted from August Strindberg), Lovely Head and Other Plays, and In a Forest, Dark and Deep, all available from Overlook. His films include In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Shape of Things, and Some Velvet Morning.
Neil LaBute's plays include bash, Reasons to Be Happy, The Money Shot, and The Way We Get By. His films include In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Shape of Things, Some Velvet Morning, and Dirty Weekend. Television includes Billy & Billie and Van Helsing. He is a Lucille Lortel Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee and a recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.