Current Nobody
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Current Nobody is a full-length play by Melissa James Gibson
that premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2007.
The work offers a play on gender roles against the backdrop of the Trojan War
, as stay-at-home father Od struggles to raise his chlidren while his wife Pen covers the military conflict as a journalist.
The Washington Post described the play as "wise" and "heartsome."
Melissa James Gibson
-Life:The child of former BC Liberal MLA Gordon Gibson and his journalist wife Valerie, Gibson grew up in North Vancouver. She graduated from Columbia University and from the Yale School of Drama with an M.F.A. in Playwriting. She is working on commissions for the La Jolla Playhouse and The...
that premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2007.
The work offers a play on gender roles against the backdrop of the Trojan War
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad...
, as stay-at-home father Od struggles to raise his chlidren while his wife Pen covers the military conflict as a journalist.
The Washington Post described the play as "wise" and "heartsome."