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Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck is a play whose opening was in 2007, on October the 4th at Biltmore Theatre. The last representation was on November 25, 2007.
This play represented the author’s debut on Broadway. The actors playing in Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck are: Alison Pill as Jackie, Katie Finneran as Mary, Dylan Baker as Philip, F. Murray Abraham as Sterling and bobby Cannavale as Dennis, the one who had a nomination for the best performance by a featured actor in a play at the Tony Awards, for the Broadway representation.
The director of the play is Marie Maginity. At one simple look, the play is about a stamp collection thought to worth a lot of money.
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The stamp collection is inherited by two sisters, after their mother’s death. They have to take a decision regarding this precious collection of stamps and some guys that are willing to help them initiate a ride that is funny, scary from time to time and exciting.
The characters are trying to gain the eventual rewards and you can never say who is leading the ride. Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck can be described as disturbing, intriguing, taut, clever and entertaining, made of lies, vendetta, intrigues, twists without expectations, complexity of the family, information as well as disinformation. The two sisters are the main characters, as well as the philatelists willing to have the rare stamps. Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck is a thriller, comedy and a drama in the same time and the title is related to the Indian Ocean’s island popular for the world’s two rarest stamps:
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Twopence Blue and Office Post Penny Orange. The play wants to show that the family, love and money can be the connection between people that behave badly and that the stamp collection can be a fatal hobby. At its opening on Broadway, in 2007, Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck has a huge success and the Westport Community Theatre was delighted to present the play in Fairfield County.
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The suspense, action, comedy, thriller and dialogue of the play conquered the public. Theresa Rebeck was nominee to Drama category at the Pulitzer Prize and her plays are produced in the United States of America and all over the world. Beside Mauritius, by Theresa Rebeck you can enjoy: Loose Knit, The Scene, The Family of Mann and Spike Heels and The Water’s Edge (at Second Stage), Our House, The Butterfly Collection and Bad Dates (at Playwrights Horizons). Omnium Gatherum, which she co-written, was played at Humana Festival while View of the Dome was played at New York Theatre Workshop. In 2008, was the premiere of The Understudy. Rebeck is from Cincinnati but she lives in Brooklyn with the two children and her husband. She has PhDiIn Victorian Melodrama and an MFA in Playwriting from the Brandeis University.
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She also a Dramatists Guild board’s member, she taught at the Columbia University and at the Brandeis University. She is also Roundabout Theatre Company’s associate artist and Harvard Review’s contributing editor.
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