From the Publisher
“There’s so much going on in Tribes that it’s almost overwhelming: intellect and sentiment, love and cruelty, witty zingers and biting put-downs. But in Nina Raine’s dazzling play, too much is a good thing… Tribes is pitch-perfect.” — New York Post
“In this provocative and original play, Raine keeps the ideas and the ironies coming until the final thrilling, paradoxical image. Raine’s gift is for penetration; she makes her story mean more than the social problem it dramatizes.” — New Yorker
AUGUST 2015 - AudioFile
What could be more appropriate for audiobook listeners than a story focused on the ability to hear? A deaf man who was brought up in a dysfunctional hearing family falls in love with a hearing woman raised by deaf parents. They discover that she’s slowly losing her hearing and will soon be deaf herself. Narrators Russell Harvard and Susan Pourfar reprise their stage roles in Raine’s taut and often comic play. The work examines the difficult choices that the deaf must sometimes make between the world of sound and the world of silence. Harvard, who was born into a third-generation deaf family, brings poignancy, honesty, and depth to the proceedings. Fine contemporary theater. B.P. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
