5 Mike Birbiglia Play Join Concord Theatricals Catalog

Industry news5 Mike Birbiglia Play Join Concord Theatricals Catalog

The company will license The old man and the pool, The new one, Sleeping walk with meand more via the Samuel French impression.

Concord theatricals have acquired five Mike Birbiglia Titles for his Samuel French impression, each of which is published and made available for global licensing. The works, each a solo monologist originally performed by Birbiglia, include Sleeping walk with me, My girlfriend’s boyfriend, Thank God for jokes, The new oneand The old man and the pool. All works are currently available for new productions.

“Sometimes people from my solo shows performed at high schools and in theaters around the world,” Birbiglia said in a statement. “It’s a surreal experience to have someone else perform something that is completely personal for you. There is that big James Joyce quote: ‘In this particular lies the universal’, which applies here because I wrote five solo plays about my experiences in Dublin. No, they are actually just about life and death and deaths and find humor in the most uneven places. I can’t wait to see people doing them. I hope they do it better, and I do, and I do, and I do, and I do it better. me in their legendary collection. ‘

Sleeping walk with me, My girlfriend’s boyfriend, Thank God for jokesand The new one Everyone made Premiere Off-Broadway, in 2008, 2011, 2016 and 2018, respectively. The new one and The old man and the pool Both played Broadway runs respectively, in 2018 and 2022. Sleeping walk with me Got an extensive film adaptation, written and directed by Birbiglia in 2012 and with Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, Cristin Milioti and James Rebhorn. My girlfriend’s boyfriend, Thank God for jokes, The new oneand The old man and the pool All were filmed on stage and later streamed on Netflix.

“The team at Concord is honored to join Mike and his brilliant work with the Samuel French family of exceptional playwrights,” adds Concord VP of acquisitions and artistic development Amy Rose Marsh. “A masterful storyteller for this generation, his writing shows a humor and humanity that provokes the tradition of great artists such as Spalding Gray, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner and Claudia Shear. We can’t wait to see that artists and producers put their own stamp on these stories and really make them their own.”

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Photos: See Mike Birbiglia in the old man and the pool