{"product_id":"a-play-about-a-curse-9781960988782","title":"A Play about a Curse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the viral phenomenon \u003ci\u003eThe Roommate\u003c\/i\u003e comes a literary horror novel following a young playwright who conjures up a true tragedy through a Machiavellian curse when spurned by her mentor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnter COREY, a passionate young nobody, and her professor, MAXINE, an award-winning playwright and living legend of the American theatre.\u003c\/i\u003e When Maxine shatters Corey's dreams of artistic collaboration after graduation, Corey seeks revenge. At a clairvoyant's den in a violet-lit Dallas strip mall, the young playwright unleashes a life-altering curse on Maxine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePossessed by dark powers and even darker ambitions, Corey follows Maxine to a prestigious playwriting residency in Chicago where the women become fatally entwined. Through three acts, two interludes, and one curse, Corey pushes her mentor toward theatre's haunted margins, where reality begins to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Macon Fleischer's \u003ci\u003eA Play About A Curse\u003c\/i\u003e reads like an A24 film. Part psychological horror and part theatrical fever dream, \u003ci\u003eCurse\u003c\/i\u003e shadows a heroine-turned-villain as she confronts the supernatural power struggle between mentor and protéeacute;gé, learning that to achieve our dreams, someone else must suffer a nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Macon Fleischer is an author and theatremaker in Chicago. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Roommate\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Kindle thriller bestseller in the summer of 2022. As a theatremaker, she's worked as a playwright, dramaturg, and director for companies including Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Children's Theatre, and Chicago Dramatists. She is a member of Poems While You Wait, a collective of poets and their typewriters that writes original poetry on demand. She lives with her husband, son, and an assortment of pets. Find her online @caromacon and www.caromacon.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clash Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661473612050,"sku":"9781960988782","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32ea615b-478b-48a8-b12d-39d33d19e510.jpg?v=1760445096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-play-about-a-curse-9781960988782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}