THE GARBOLOGISTS
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Cast of Philadelphia Theatre Company. Photo: Wide Eyed Studios
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(1F, 1M, 90 min.) Danny’s a white, blue-collar New York City sanitation worker. Marlowe’s the Black, ivy-educated newbie who just joined his route. Thrown together in the cab of a nineteen-ton garbage truck, they spend their first shifts bickering and one-upping each other as they sort through the city's refuse. But as their lives become increasingly entwined, these two essential workers from different worlds discover there's more that binds them than picking up the trash.
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Northlight Theatre, Chicago
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PRESS
"'The Garbologists' has already been presented in a dozen productions — and not just because it’s a two-hander that doesn’t require a full cast or fancy costumes. It’s remarkably well paced and balanced between the wisecracks (or their failures) and eventual pathos, with nuggets of story information and plot turns regularly along the way in a satisfying whole."
--BroadwayWorld DC Beneath the jokes and sharp-edged dialogue is a rumination on labor, grief, and human connection in unlikely places...What we throw away says more about us than we realize, and Joelle leans into that idea with restraint and precision."
--BroadwayWorld Arizona "Lindsay Joelle's script is delightfully intimate, surprising, and profound, filled with sometimes unexpected laughter and even tears. Titled for the archeological study of trash, the play mines the territories of external perception and the human heart."
--onStage Pittsburgh |
"A Must See!...
Joelle's finely crafted play is laced with wit and wisdom." --BroadwayWorld Philadelphia "Buddy comedies don't come much tidier than Lindsay Joelle's celebration of the essential worker... As Danny and Marlowe discover, even the messes others leave in their wake can be a gift when they meet the moment just right."
--The Washington Post 
"Run time is about 90 minutes with no intermission but you'll never look at your watch." --BroadwayWorld Palm Springs "Exiting playgoers were saying, 'I never knew about any of this stuff.' And that glimpse of an unknown world (one we see every day) is part of the charm."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer "'The Garbologists' delves into the world of trash—and it's very deep... "
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PRODUCTION HISTORY
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