GULF VIEW DRIVE

by Arlene Hutton

Ten years into their marriage, May and Raleigh live in an island community off the gulf coast of Florida. Their dream house shrinks as relatives descend, further testing the couple’s love in this romantic, humorous, and insightful glimpse of life in the 1950s. The third play in THE NIBROC TRILOGY. Published by Dramatists Play Service.

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Cheryl Bear: GULF VIEW DRIVE by Arlene Hutton

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A brilliant capture of a marriage when the complexities of a family really test them. Funny and well done!

A brilliant capture of a marriage when the complexities of a family really test them. Funny and well done!

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Christine Foster: GULF VIEW DRIVE by Arlene Hutton

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May, Raleigh and their eccentric family are like a pot left on a back burner, sometimes stirred, sometimes tended - but always about to boil over. The dialogue and characterizations are flawless, intensely real, and humorous enough to make you like them all while still wanting to wring their necks. The boiling over, when it comes, is deftly plotted and satisfying. (Now I need to read to read the first two in this insightful and entertaining trilogy)

May, Raleigh and their eccentric family are like a pot left on a back burner, sometimes stirred, sometimes tended - but always about to boil over. The dialogue and characterizations are flawless, intensely real, and humorous enough to make you like them all while still wanting to wring their necks. The boiling over, when it comes, is deftly plotted and satisfying. (Now I need to read to read the first two in this insightful and entertaining trilogy)

”

Development History

Type Workshop, Organization New Harmony Project, Year 2006
Type Reading, Organization New Harmony Project, Year 2005
Type Reading, Organization New Dramatists, Year 2005

Production History

Type Professional, Organization Rubicon Theatre, Ventura, CA, Year 2017
Type Professional, Organization Chester Theatre, Year 2010
Type Professional, Organization B Street Theatre, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Echo Theatre, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization 78th Street Theatre Lab, Year 2007
Type Professional, Organization Actors' Coop, LA, Year 2006

Awards

Best Production (Large Theatre) at Rubicon Theatre

Ovation Awards

Winner

2018
Playwrighting For An Original Play (nominated)

Ovation Awards

2007