After MISS JULIE and knowing we would be going into SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO it became clear that as a company we needed to look at relationships through a modern lens to contrast with 100 or 40 years ago. REASONS TO BE PRETTY does exactly that. It’s been on our shortlist for a couple years but essentially got mothballed after we did THE SHAPE OF THINGS because I didn’t feel like we could do the same author again so quickly. But this particular set of circumstances has made it work.
I’m personally very drawn to the simplicity of the argument that sets off this play: he says something he thinks is a compliment, she hears the same words but with a different intent and sparks fly. Labute has a terrifying ability to make us think of his plays in terms of our own relationships and this script is no different.
I’m personally very drawn to the simplicity of the argument that sets off this play: he says something he thinks is a compliment, she hears the same words but with a different intent and sparks fly. Labute has a terrifying ability to make us think of his plays in terms of our own relationships and this script is no different.