''SubUrbia'' is a play by

Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian ( hy, Էրիկ Բոգոսյան; ; born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and a ...

chronicling the nighttime activities of a group of aimless 20-somethings still living in their suburban

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hometown and their reunion with a former high school classmate who has become a successful musician. The musician Pony's return strips away illusions and excuse to reveal the meaningless dead-end existences of everyone.

Productions

The play was originally produced at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater of the Lincoln Center Theater from April 27 through August 28, 1994, featuring Martha Plimpton (Sooze),

Josh Hamilton Joshua Holt Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from to , most prominently as a member of the Texas Rangers teams that won two consecutive Americ ...

(Jeff), Firdous Bamji (Norman), Tim Guinee (Tim), Wendy Hoopes (Bee-Bee), Zak Orth (Pony), Babette Renee Props (Erica), Samia Shoaib (Pakeesa) and

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(Buff). The director Robert Falls won a 1994-1995 OBIE Award for the production. The Boston Premiere was held at th
Speakeasy Stage Co.
in March and April 1997, with DavidLee Wilson (Jeff), Willy O'Donnell (Buff), Valerie Stanford (Sooze), Michael McLaughlin (Tim)
Rik Sansone
(Pony), Sims McCormick (Erica),

Amir Darvish Amir Darvish is an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of rock icon Freddie Mercury in the Off Broadway 1997 play '' Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God''. In 2003, after two successful runs of the play (in 1997 and 1998) ...

(Norman), Shonali Banerjee (Pakeeza), and Kate Luhr (Bee Bee). Directed b
Steven Maler
the production won two Eliot Norton Theater Awards, and appeared on the "Best Of 1997" lists in The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Boston Phoenix. The play was presented in 2006 at Second Stage Theatre with Kieran Culkin (Buff),

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(Sooze) and Jessica Capshaw (Erica), Daniel Eric Gold (Jeff), Michael Esper (Pony), Halley Feiffer (Bee-Bee), Manu Narayan (Nazeer) and Diksha Basu (Pakeeza) and was directed by Jo Bonney. Steve Zahn and Samia Shoaib reprised their original roles in the 1996 film version, which also included Parker Posey and Giovanni Ribisi.

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