{"product_id":"9780573663130","title":"Bulrusher","description":"Drama \/ 3m, 3f \/ Finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Drama\u003cp\u003eIn 1955, in the redwood country north of San Francisco, a multiracial girl grows up in a predominantly white town whose residents pepper their speech with the historical dialect of Boontling. Found floating in a basket on the river as an infant, Bulrusher is an orphan with a gift for clairvoyance that makes her feel like a stranger even amongst the strange: the taciturn schoolteacher who adopted her, the madam who runs her brothel with a fierce discipline, the logger with a zest for horses and women, and the guitar-slinging boy who is after Bulrusher's heart. Just when she thought her world might close in on her, she discovers an entirely new sense of self when a black girl from Alabama comes to town. Passionate, lyrical, and chock full of down-home humor, this play is an unforgettable experience by a new, thrilling voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Davis] tickles the ears of her listeners...moving scenes on the banks of the pebble-strewn river...feel utterly true.\" - The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Davis explores her themes in unexpected and evocative ways ....The still waters of Bulrusher turn out to run pretty deep.\" - The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...an engrossing rush...Eisa Davis' gleaming marriage of poetry and myth... has a big heart and a wide-open soul.\" - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mixing together issues of family, heritage, race and love, Eisa Davis' Bulrusher delivers a powerful impact with a poetic, deeply realized script and story. In the hands of director Marion McClinton...the work becomes transcendent.\" - TalkingBroadway.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bulrusher brims with profound lyrical passion...a poetic play with much nuance...\" - NYTheatre.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Davis has powers as a writer to find beauty in almost everything, and her play pulses with compassion and life. Bulrusher has the kind of satisfying, uplifting ending you can only find in live theater - vibrant, poetic, immediate and thrilling.\" - Bay Area News Group\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997180698864,"sku":"9780573663130","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573663130_p0.jpg?v=1784232506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573663130","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}