THE STORY: Two sisters meet in a closed-down diner and slowly reveal the strife they’re experiencing at home: Rosemary, an alcoholic, is about to lose custody of her children, the pain of which leads her to drink more, and to tolerate an abusive relationship with her boyfriend; Ginger finds herself in a loveless marriage, but more important, she needs to explain to Rosemary why she divulged Rosemary’s alcoholism to her ex-husband, thus creating the custody battle. The sisters wrangle, accuse and attack, but mostly discover that, without each other, they have nothing. In the end, some hope is evident as the sisters rediscover their common bonds.
“Edward Allan Baker’s A DEAD MAN’S APARTMENT is a hilarious farce about a Providence couple having a noon-time affair. They seem dimwitted and crude but in fact both have rather shrewd instincts, which Baker delineates with great storytelling skill.” —New York Daily News.
“…The best is ROSEMARY WITH GINGER, a spicy domestic blood bath that plays like a gender-reversed retread of Sam Shepard’s TRUE WEST.” —Los Angeles Times.
Included in the collection
A Dead Man’s Apartment, Rosemary with Ginger, Face Divided.
