AT THE WEDDING is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
At the Wedding
WINNER Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Theatre Visions Award and NY Times Critic’s Pick
You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life… but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Join Carlo as she attempts to make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much, or trying to win back the bride.
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Bryna Turner's bittersweet play, a laugh-out-loud comedy that nonetheless addresses some big issues, is for anyone who has ever attended a wedding... or had their heart broken.
Credit: Conor Horgan
Bryna Turner is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from Northern California.
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Their play At the Wedding had its world premiere in 2022 at LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater. It received the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, was a NY Times Critic’s Pick, and was featured in the NYT Best of 2022 “Unforgettable Theatrical Moments” category. The play was developed in part by TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Their play Bull in a China Shop also premiered at LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater before going on to be produced and presented around the world. Notable productions include: About Face; Aurora; Diversionary Theatre; and a staged reading at the National Theatre in London directed by Phyllida Lloyd, starring Fiona Shaw and Jade Anouka.​
Other plays include Phases of the Moon and How to Separate Your Soul from Your Body (in ten easy steps!). Bryna is an alum of Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers Group, WP Theater’s 2018-2020 Lab; a MacDowell fellow; and the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist Award in Theatre. They have taught in the MFA Playwriting Program at Rutgers University and are currently under commission from Lincoln Center Theater. BA: Mount Holyoke College, MFA: Rutgers University. www.brynaturner.com
“Turner’s faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. Their jokes often have long lead times, the setup in one scene, the payoff in another. The plot, too, keeps well ahead of you, trusting you will survive in pleasurable uncertainty until its loose threads are eventually gathered…
That authorial patience is part of what makes ‘At the Wedding’ so fresh; though there are plenty of one-liners, it is not a yuk-yuk comedy foisting its laughs at you or over-signaling its intentions… Also revivifying is the way Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party.” - Jesse Green, New York Times
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​“Turner steadily pulls the camera back on this picture of 21st century matrimonial bliss to show the little compromises and hypocrisies that constitute the price of admission to this oldest of institutions. But most of all, Turner reveals Carlo, an intelligent and deeply flawed individual who uses humor as a shield and judgement as a sword. It shouldn't surprise us that this outwardly cynical individual is, in fact, a hopeless romantic who expects a rom-com happy ending to come from this doomed excursion.” - Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
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(Carlo)
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(Carly)
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(Eli)
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(Maria)
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(Leigh)
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(Eva)
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(Victo)
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