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Her nickname is Miss Witherspoon. In the end, Miss W finds her own personal way to make sense of that entreaty, and she finally agrees to return to earth to help…well, save the planet basically.Very funny, and kind of bewildering. Playscripts, Inc. 7 Penn Plaza Suite 904 New York, NY 10001. Veronica—nicknamed "Miss Witherspoon" by Maryamma—didn't expect there to be any afterlife, but if there has to be one, she demands St. Peter and the pearly gates.

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Project" by Katie Bull Hillary Rollins. D urang was interested in reincarnation at the time, but realized that he himself would not want to come back to earth because he felt the world was not a safe place. Welcome back. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week?

The Lynn Theatre and Wishing Wind Creations present "Miss Witherspoon" by Christopher Durang.

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Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Durang’s world building is incredible. by Dramatists Play Service awarded Playwrights Horizons four out of a possible four stars. So far she's thwarted these return visits to earth with a sort of "spiritual otherworldly emergency brake system" she seems to have. As in The Belle of Amherst, Lucifer's Child and Bronte, Luce reveals the contradictions and mysteries of an extraordinary woman while fashioning a moving yet witty play. In life, Veronica turned her back on religion – so why is she spending eternity in the netherworld with a Hindu spirit guide who calls her Miss Witherspoon? So she has committed suicide, and is now in what she expected to be heaven but is instead something called the Bardo (the netherworld in Tibetan Buddhism), and the forces there keep trying to make her reincarnate. Be the first to ask a question about Miss Witherspoon Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 0822221535

Several times in the play Miss W's brake system fails, and she's forced to return to earth, but each time she keeps killing herself (even as an infant at two weeks, which especially irks Maryamma).

November 11, 2005 – January 01, 2006 Mainstage Theater Written by Christopher Durang Directed by Emily Mann.

There more is a sad undercurrent about her. William Luce Biographical Monologue Character: 1 female Interior Set Based on her letters and stories, this exciting play is the definitive portrait of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald: the glamorous, fun loving and tragic Zelda. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. So she has committed suicide, and is now in what she expected to be heaven but is instead something called the Bardo (the netherworld in Tibetan Buddhism), and the forces Veronica, already scarred by too many failed relationships, finds the world a frightening place.

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A scene with Maryamma from "Miss Witherspoon" by Christoper Durang Maryamma - Jessica Miss Witherspoon/Veronica - Zoe directed by Louis and Jeremy.

Miss Witherspoon book. Under Emily Mann's sprightly direction, and especially with Kristine Nielsen's comic crackle, Miss Witherspoon, begins with 45 minutes of good laughs, with jokes along the lines of … We need things to move faster!" By the end of the play, however, Maryamma, Gandalf and Jesus convince Miss W that the world is in such a mess that souls "must move through their spiritual evolution faster than they've been doing…they cannot go live through eighty and ninety years and only learn tiny, tiny lessons. Or even the Jewish afterlife, described by Maryamma as being like "prolonged general anesthesia," would be nice. Start by marking “Miss Witherspoon” as Want to Read:

Skylab, an American space station that came crashing down to earth, in particular, haunts and enrages her. Will she open herself up to enlightenment and learn her place in the world?Photos of (1) Mahira Kakkar, Jeremy Shamos, Kristine Nielsen, and Lynda Gravatt; (2) Kristine Nielsen and Lynda Gravatt; (3) Jeremy Shamos, Kristine Nielsen, and Colleen Werthmann; and (4) Jeremy Shamos and Kristine Nielsen by Joan Marcus.“Durang is an essential and affecting presence in the American theater.” The Playwrights Horizons engagement of Christopher Durang's new dark comedy, Miss Witherspoon, a co-production with McCarter Theatre, opens … In 2004, the McCarter Th eater offered him a commission to write a n ew play and this monologue (now S cene 2 ) became the core idea that gestated into Miss Witherspoon.

A lovely if strong-willed Indian spirit guide named Maryamma, however, is intent on getting Veronica back to earth so she can learn the lessons her soul is supposed to learn.

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