Kitchen Sink Drama: A Play - Paperback

by Andrew Biss (Author)

Elaine Wavering has become inured to a life of stagnant middle-class routine. On one particular morning, however, a bizarre confession from her upright, regimented husband throws her neat and tidy existence into complete disarray. Simultaneously, a rupture in the waste-disposal unit of their kitchen sink inadvertently leads to a shocking encounter that upends her quiet existence in ways that would have previously seemed unimaginable. As she seeks solace and guidance from her semi-estranged sister, Elaine must now look beyond her world of petit bourgeois respectability and contend with real-life events that are rapidly engulfing her in a vortex of existential crisis. A one-act version of Kitchen Sink Drama premiered at New York's Manhattan Theatre Source in 2009.

Author Biography

Andrew Biss is an award-winning playwright whose work has received critical acclaim in both the U.S. and the U.K. His plays quickly became an Off-Off-Broadway mainstay and in 2011 he was named a finalist for the prestigious Heideman Award. In London his plays have been performed at The Royal Court Theatre, Riverside Studios, The Union Theatre, The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, Fractured Lines Theatre & Film at COG ARTSpace, and Ghost Dog Productions at The Horse & Stables. In New York his plays have been produced at Theatre Row Studios, The Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival, Emerging Artists Theatre, The Kraine Theater, The Red Room Theater, Manhattan Theatre Source, Mind The Gap Theatre, 3Graces Theatre Company, Curan Repertory Company, Turtle Shell Productions, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, American Globe Theatre, The American Theater of Actors, and Chashama Theatres, among others. His plays are published by Bedford/St. Martin's, Smith & Kraus, Inc., Meriwether Publishing Ltd., and Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. He is a graduate of the University of the Arts London and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.