Big Death & Little Death

by Mickey Birnbaum

Dad's home from the Iraq war, but he's not the same man who left. There are pit bull puppies in the ceiling, and a terrible car crash killed Mom. Gary's sleeping with the guidance counselor, and a mysterious drug called BUB is heightening everyone's consciousness. This dark comedy about families, wars, and pets premiered at Woolly Mammoth, with subsequent productions in San Francisco, Providence, Houston, and...

Dad's home from the Iraq war, but he's not the same man who left. There are pit bull puppies in the ceiling, and a terrible car crash killed Mom. Gary's sleeping with the guidance counselor, and a mysterious drug called BUB is heightening everyone's consciousness. This dark comedy about families, wars, and pets premiered at Woolly Mammoth, with subsequent productions in San Francisco, Providence, Houston, and Los Angeles. It was a PEN West Literary Awards Finalist and a Helen Hayes finalist.

read more
  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Reading List

Big Death & Little Death

Recommended by

  • Christine Evans: Big Death & Little Death by Mickey Birnbaum
    “

    I just love this play. Droll, brilliant, and just about as strange as its subject--home life after warfare (or is that the war at home?) It's one of those plays that expanded my vision of theatre. Weird, wired, with brilliant language and profound ideas honed into a deceptively light, blackly comic surface.

    I just love this play. Droll, brilliant, and just about as strange as its subject--home life after warfare (or is that the war at home?) It's one of those plays that expanded my vision of theatre. Weird, wired, with brilliant language and profound ideas honed into a deceptively light, blackly comic surface.

    ”