String Fever

by Jacquelyn Reingold

In this comedy, which starred Cynthia Nixon and Evan Handler Off-Broadway, Lily juggles the big issues: turning forty, artificial insemination and the elusive scientific Theory of Everything. Lily’s world includes an Icelandic comedian, her wisecracking best friend, a cat-loving physicist, her no-longer-suicidal father and an ex-boyfriend who carries around a chair. “A funny offbeat and touching look at...

In this comedy, which starred Cynthia Nixon and Evan Handler Off-Broadway, Lily juggles the big issues: turning forty, artificial insemination and the elusive scientific Theory of Everything. Lily’s world includes an Icelandic comedian, her wisecracking best friend, a cat-loving physicist, her no-longer-suicidal father and an ex-boyfriend who carries around a chair. “A funny offbeat and touching look at relationships…an appealing romantic comedy populated by oddball characters.” —NY Daily News. “Where kooky, zany, and madcap meet…whimsically winsome.” —NY Magazine. “STRING FEVER will have audience members happily stringing along.” —TheaterMania.com. “Reingold’s language is surprising, inventive, and unique.” —NYTheatre.com. “…[a] whimsical comic voice.” —Time Out NY.

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  • Claudia Barnett: String Fever by Jacquelyn Reingold
    “

    Yes STRING FEVER is "kooky, zany, madcap," "surprising, inventive, and unique," but it's also just plain smart, and it made me feel like I was getting smarter just by reading it. The descriptions and applications of string theory are so clear, so lovely, so apt, and the characters themselves are complicated--multidimensional, even. My favorite (and maybe everybody's favorite) is Girli, according to the character descriptions, "a very happy sad man." STRING FEVER is a very happy sad play. Or maybe a very sad happy play. Highly recommended!

    Yes STRING FEVER is "kooky, zany, madcap," "surprising, inventive, and unique," but it's also just plain smart, and it made me feel like I was getting smarter just by reading it. The descriptions and applications of string theory are so clear, so lovely, so apt, and the characters themselves are complicated--multidimensional, even. My favorite (and maybe everybody's favorite) is Girli, according to the character descriptions, "a very happy sad man." STRING FEVER is a very happy sad play. Or maybe a very sad happy play. Highly recommended!

    ”

Production History

  • Professional, Theater J, Washington DC, 2009
  • Professional, Ensemble Studio Theater. With Cynthia Nixon, Evan Handler, David Thornton, Tom Mardirosian, Cecila deWolfe, Jim Fyfe. , 2008