For playwrights today, 2019 remains the benchmark. It was the year we stopped asking, "Do drugs destroy romance?" and started asking, "What if romance is the drug?" If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
The romantic arc of Jay (a volatile new artist) and Priya (a medical student) shattered the traditional "meet-cute." They first sleep together entirely submerged in a GHB stupor. What shocked critics was not the drug use, but the tenderness that followed. In one stunning monologue, Priya describes injecting methamphetamine as "the first time the room stopped spinning... and I saw him clearly." sex drugs theatre 2019 s01 all episodes 01 free
The play masterfully blurred the line between love and habit. In flashbacks, we see them meeting at a recovery meeting, breaking sobriety together, and constructing an entire universe in a boarded-up flat. For playwrights today, 2019 remains the benchmark
The keyword for 2019’s dramatic season was intimacy under the influence. From crystal meth-fueled first dates to opioid-induced codependency, theatre examined a pressing question: Can genuine romance survive in the toxicology of addiction? What shocked critics was not the drug use,