Freedomland (play)

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Freedomland
Date premieredNovember 1997 (1997-11)
Place premiered South Coast Repertory
GenreComedy

Freedomland is a 1998 comedy play written by Amy Freed. The plot revolves around the family reunion of the Underfingers gone wrong. [1] It was finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [2] [3]

Freedomland was produced Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, running from December 16, 1998 to January 3, 1999. Directed by Howard Shalwitz, the cast featured Veanne Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, and Heather Goldenhersh. [4] The "darkly satiric comedy" premiered at the South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in November 1997. The title is based on the "name of a Wild West theme park in the Bronx, where Freed grew up." [5]

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