{"product_id":"primary-trust-9781636702391","title":"Primary Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, \u003cem\u003ePrimary Trust\u003c\/em\u003e is an arresting character study of an isolated man finding the courage to expand his world and begin again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38-year-old Kenneth lives a comfortable life of routine in suburban New York: after days spent working at a used bookstore, he whiles away his evenings knocking back mai tais with his best friend Burt at the local tiki bar. But when the long-time bookstore owner decides to close up shop for good, Kenneth panics at the prospect of finding a new job--a process that unearths long-suppressed fears. When Kenneth makes a new friend named Corrina, and she begins to ask questions Kenneth isn't prepared to answer: how many mai tais is too many mai tais? And who--or what--is Burt? \u003cem\u003ePrimary Trust\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply affecting play about the careful structures we build to contain oceans of feeling and what happens when those structures begin to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEboni Booth\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and actor from New York City. Her plays include \u003cem\u003ePrimary Trust\u003c\/em\u003e (Roundabout Theatre, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Outer Critics Circle Award) and \u003cem\u003eParis\u003c\/em\u003e (Atlantic Theater). For television, she has written for Hulu's \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Lucky Ones\u003c\/em\u003e and HBO Max's \u003cem\u003eJulia\u003c\/em\u003e. As an actor, she has appeared in productions at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Manhattan Theater Club, Ars Nova, WP Theater, Page 73, Soho Rep., Clubbed Thumb, and more. Booth is a resident playwright at New Dramatists, and the recipient of a Dramatists Guild Horton Foote Award, a Steinberg Playwright Award, a Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, and a John Gassner Award. She is a graduate of Juilliard's playwriting program and the University of Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185880367378,"sku":"9781636702391","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfb1032b-8f35-4c5c-b9b1-58e521eec173.jpg?v=1744591200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/primary-trust-9781636702391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}