Belleville

Belleville

<div>"A quietly devastating play... Both a perceptive drama depicting the sudden fraying of a young marriage and a nail-biting psychological thriller... <I>Belleville</I> is among the most suspenseful plays I've seen in years." - Charles Isherwood, <I>New York Times</I><BR><BR>"Masterly... Among the new crop of young American playwrights, Herzog is in a class by herself." - Richard Zoglin, <I>Time</I><BR><BR>Abby and Zack, young American newlyweds, have abandoned a comfortable postgraduate life in the states for Belleville, a bustling, bohemian, multicultural Parisian neighborhood. But as secrets both minor and monumental are revealed, their fraught relationship begins to unravel. <I>Belleville</I> examines the limits of trust and dependency in a world where love can turn pathological and our most intimate relationships may not be what they seem.<BR><BR><B>AMY HERZOG</B>’s plays include <I>4,000 Miles</I> (Pulitzer Prize finalist), <I>After the Revolution</I> and <I>The Great God Pan</I>. Ms. Herzog is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Whiting Writers’ Award, an Obie Award and the Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights.<BR></div>