Hugging
the Shoulder
"90 intense minutes."
- NYTheatre.com
semi-finalist:
The O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference
Synopsis:
Hugging the Shoulder is the story of Derrick, a 20-something
Southern guy, who kidnaps his older brother, stuffs
him into a van, and takes him on a grueling road trip trying
to get him off heroin.
It’s a rocketing road-trip
that cruises at about 90 minutes with no intermission.
Scenes alternate between a van on the
highway and a shabby southern trailer
home. As the play rumbles forward, the
the lines of time and reality blur, and you wonder not so much where you're going but all the places you've been. Let Hugging the Shoulder
take you on a physical and
emotional journey.
Caution: Dangerous curves ahead.
"...Bogard's script displays
the subtlety of a
mature
Sam Shepard play..."
-- offoffonline.com review
"...heartbreaking and
ultimately moving."
-- IllinoiseTownNews.com
"original, moving,
and worth its weight in gold."
-- SoCal.com review
"Bogard artfully juxtaposes noble needs such as love and security with baser cravings,"
-- showmag.com review
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