Georgica Pettus Premieres Play 'Truck' at MoMA PS1
Playwright Georgica Pettus, 28, will premiere her new play 'Truck' at MoMA PS1 in Queens on June 27. The play is set at a used car dealership in Liberty, Texas, in 2021, centered on a 'Hands on a Hardbody' endurance competition where the last person touching a truck wins it. Pettus, who studied art rather than drama, wrote the play over a year and a half, drawing inspiration from a 1997 documentary of the same name. The play features eight characters and an original score by composer Marcello Palazzo, a 27-year-old wunderkind in the London Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Program. Pettus's previous plays include '4,000 Dollars,' written in a week about her own financial struggles. She describes 'Truck' as a period piece exploring relationships, chance, and America in 2021.
Key facts
- Georgica Pettus is 28 years old.
- Her play 'Truck' premieres at MoMA PS1 in Queens on June 27.
- The play is set at a used car dealership in Liberty, Texas, in 2021.
- It involves a 'Hands on a Hardbody' competition where the last person touching the truck wins it.
- Pettus was inspired by a 1997 documentary 'Hands on a Hardbody'.
- She wrote the play over a year and a half.
- The play has eight characters: Mike, Will, Carla, Georgie, Partly, an announcer, and two salesmen.
- The original score is by Marcello Palazzo, a 27-year-old composer in the London Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Program.
- Pettus's background is in art school, not drama school.
- Her first play, '4,000 Dollars,' was about her own lack of money.
Entities
Artists
- Georgica Pettus
- Marcello Palazzo
- Jim Fletcher
- Natasha Simchowitz
Institutions
- MoMA PS1
- London Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Program
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Locations
- Queens
- New York City
- United States
- Liberty
- Texas
- West Coast
- East Coast