The Humans
Written by Stephen Karam
November 20 – December 15, 2019
“A gripping portrait of a loving family but one in which resentment is never far from the surface.”
WINNER! 2016 Tony Award® for Best Play
FINALIST! 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
SEARING EXAMINATION OF THE NEW AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Driven by empathy and humor, this Tony Award-winning play creates a hyper-realistic view of life and the complexities of the “American Dream”. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. Unfolding over a single scene, THE HUMANS is a “delirious tragicomedy” (Chicago Sun-Times) by acclaimed young playwright Stephen Karam who “infuses the traditional kitchen-sink family drama with qualities of horror in his portentous and penetrating work of psychological unease” (Variety), creating an indelible American family portrait.
“In this San Jose Stage production, the cast has embraced the material with such realism that one feels a bit of a voyeur...the team is so well in sync that it’s as if you are at dinner with a real family, perceiving each nuanced undertone as the zinger they are meant to be.”
Cast
*Member Actors Equity Association