Reasons to be happy /

Three years after their contentious break-up, Greg and Steph think about giving it another go, but the trouble is, Steph is married to someone else and Greg is in a relationship with his volatile best friend Kent's ex-wife--and single mom--Carly, who is also Steph's best friend. Navigating...

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Author / Creator: LaBute, Neil.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2013.
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Summary:Three years after their contentious break-up, Greg and Steph think about giving it another go, but the trouble is, Steph is married to someone else and Greg is in a relationship with his volatile best friend Kent's ex-wife--and single mom--Carly, who is also Steph's best friend. Navigating this minefield of conflicting agendas and exploding emotions isn't going to be easy for any of them.
Reasons to Be Happy features the same four characters--Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent--picking up their lives three years later, but in different romantic pairings as they each search desperately for that elusive object of desire: happiness. New York City's MCC Theater will produce the world premiere in May 2013.
Item Description:"Reasons to be happy is the companion piece to Neil LaBute's critically-acclaimed Reasons to be pretty, which received three 2009 Tony Award nominations, including Best Play."--Back of cover.
"Had it's American premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (MCC) in New York City in May 2013"--p. [18]
Physical Description:106 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:1468307215
9781468307214
Author Notes:Neil LaBute 's plays include bash , Reasons to Be Happy , The Money Shot , and The Way We Get By . His films include In the Company of Men , Your Friends and Neighbors , The Shape of Things , Some Velvet Morning , and Dirty Weekend . Television includes Billy & Billie and Van Helsing . He is a Lucille Lortel Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee and a recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.