“A deceptively simple flavor-bomb of a new comedy about survival, second chances, and digesting whatever life serves up.” — Naveen Kumar, Variety
With a chance at reclaiming their lives, the formerly incarcerated people working at Clyde’s, a roadside sandwich stop, strive hard to overcome their personal challenges. Not so easy under their boss Clyde. In this razor-sharp comedy, this motley crew of line cooks, under a visionary chef, are given purpose and permission to dream through their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.
BIO
Lynn Nottage's plays include Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Fabulation and Intimate Apparel, for which she was awarded the Francesca Primus Prize and the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award in 2004. Her plays have been produced at theatres throughout the country, with Intimate Apparel slated for more productions than any other play during the 2005-2006 season.
Her plays have been produced and developed at theaters throughout the country, including Alliance Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, the Vineyard Theatre, Freedom Theatre, Crossroads Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, the Oregon Skahespeare Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Yale Reportory Theatre and the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, among many others. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for literary excellence and the MacArthur Genius Award, as well as fellowships from Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and the New York Foundation for the Arts, where she is a member of the Artists Advisory Board.
Ms. Nottage is an alumna of New Dramatists and a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is currently a visiting lecturer. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, filmmaker Tony Gerber, and daughter Ruby.
REVIEWS
“Nottage’s delightful Clyde’s dares to flip the paradigm. Though it’s still about dark things, including prison, drugs, homelessness, and poverty, it somehow turns them into bright comedy. That Clyde’s is a comedy does not mean it doesn’t have tragedy baked in . . . Though it ultimately rejects the Greek model, it is still about gods and mortals.” --Jesse Green, New York Times
“Nottage’s dramas have a knack for getting to the heart of ordinary tales, rendering them with precision and re-presenting them in compelling ways . . . A poignant story loaded with laugh-out-loud funny jokes . . . If Sweat cataloged the pain of betrayal, then Clyde’s finds itself exploring not just good versus evil, but the strength of solidarity.” --Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter
“Clyde’s is a highly entertaining comedy of kitchen nightmares at a Pennsylvania truck stop . . . Broadway’s cup of bracing drama has begun to runneth over.” -- Peter Marks, Washington Post
“The feel-good play of the season. But from seemingly disparate ingredients—slices of ex-con life, a dash of fresh rom-com, a battle between the forces of good and evil—Nottage has crafted a light, delicious medley of sustenance and flavor.” -- Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
[P] Theatre Communications Group / May 21, 2024
0.5" H x 8.4" L x 5.3" W (0.45 lbs) 96 pages