Between Riverside and Crazy

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

A nuanced play about a retired police officer faced with eviction that uses dark comedy to confront questions of life and death. Walter "Pops" Washington is a retired New York City policeman. His wife has died and his son, "Junior", has just been released from jail. They live in a rent-controlled apartment on Riverside Drive in New York City. Junior's girlfriend, Lulu, and Oswaldo, a recovering addict, also spend time at the apartment. Walter has been pursuing a discrimination suit against the Police Department, because he was accidentally shot by another police officer.

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2014, Atlantic Theatre Company, NYC

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2015

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Theatre Communications Group

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9781559365154

2015 Pulitizer Prize; Louise Lortel & Outer Critics Award for best play . The full play can be accessed here: https://archive.org/details/betweenriverside0000guir/mode/2up

2015 Pulitizer Prize; Louise Lortel & Outer Critics Award for best play . The full play can be accessed here: https://archive.org/details/betweenriverside0000guir/mode/2up

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