Rabbit Hole (play)
| Rabbit Hole | |
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| Written by | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| Characters | Becca Corbett Howie Corbett Izzy Nat Jason Willette |
| Date premiered | 2006 |
| Place premiered | Pacific Playwrights Festival Costa Mesa, California |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | A family copes with the untimely death of a child. |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | The Home of Howie and Becca Corbett, Larchmont, NY, Present |
Rabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered on Broadway in 2006, and it has also been produced by regional theatres in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The play had its Spanish language premiere in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Autumn of 2010.
The play deals with how family members survive a major loss and includes comedy as well as tragedy. Cynthia Nixon won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance as Becca in the New York production, and the play was nominated for several other Tony awards.