Production History
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Bite the Apple was first conceived at The Directors Company New Adaptations for the Stage workshop in NYC in 2011.
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The play was then produced as part of the New York Int’l Fringe Festival in 2012.
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After an extensive re-write, a staged reading was produced at TheaterLab NYC in 2016.
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Press
"The ensemble of actresses are remarkable, particularly the evocative and nuanced performance by Manning. Bite the Apple is a smart script with intricate dialogue and beautiful language...."
Joseph Samuel Wright, Theatre Is Easy, New York, NY
“Part adaptation, part re-telling, and part re-imagining, Linda Manning’s new play Bite the Apple persuades the audience members to reconnect with their stories, identify where their journeys have derailed, and reaffirm that each of them is ‘worth saving.’ And although this appeal is made through the lives of fictional women to ‘non-fictional’ women, its urgent entreaty is for all who have ears to hear and eyes to see.... Yes, Linda Manning can make this stuff up and indeed it does not get much better than this well-constructed play.... See Bite the Apple. Watch it, listen to it, see it, hear it, savor it, and continue to chew on its core until you know ‘which version of you is the right one.’”
David Roberts, Chief Critic, Theatre Reviews Limited, New York, NY
Bite the Apple, written by Linda Manning, is a thoughtful play, raising questions about love, identity, and being seen as you truly are, instead of who you are ‘supposed to be.’"
Josephine Cashman, NYTheatre.com
“FringeTastic: Bite The Apple
The characters continue to peel back layers of each other, slowly revealing the meaning behind each of their happily ever afters. I recommend Bite the Apple to anyone looking for a relief from the classic fairytale ending."
Alison Goldman, Play by Play, New York, NY
Joseph Samuel Wright, Theatre Is Easy, New York, NY
“Part adaptation, part re-telling, and part re-imagining, Linda Manning’s new play Bite the Apple persuades the audience members to reconnect with their stories, identify where their journeys have derailed, and reaffirm that each of them is ‘worth saving.’ And although this appeal is made through the lives of fictional women to ‘non-fictional’ women, its urgent entreaty is for all who have ears to hear and eyes to see.... Yes, Linda Manning can make this stuff up and indeed it does not get much better than this well-constructed play.... See Bite the Apple. Watch it, listen to it, see it, hear it, savor it, and continue to chew on its core until you know ‘which version of you is the right one.’”
David Roberts, Chief Critic, Theatre Reviews Limited, New York, NY
Bite the Apple, written by Linda Manning, is a thoughtful play, raising questions about love, identity, and being seen as you truly are, instead of who you are ‘supposed to be.’"
Josephine Cashman, NYTheatre.com
“FringeTastic: Bite The Apple
The characters continue to peel back layers of each other, slowly revealing the meaning behind each of their happily ever afters. I recommend Bite the Apple to anyone looking for a relief from the classic fairytale ending."
Alison Goldman, Play by Play, New York, NY
Artistic Statement
“I write plays that dive deep into the complexities of familial love, romantic love, and look unflinchingly at female sexuality. I tell stories about women pushing up against societal and personal barriers, their doubts and difficult pasts, women who feel it is psychologically and emotionally dangerous to be themselves, but are determined to put down roots of their own and find a clear open road to travel.
My voice as a writer emerges primarily from the girl I was who had to hide her true self in order to survive. That girl now comingles and argues with the woman I have become: a woman who is wrestling with middle-age, the mother of two daughters, and one half of a long marriage that I feel has both thwarted and saved me.
That young girl in me is ardent and insistent and continues to emerge with stories that need to be told.”
Linda
My voice as a writer emerges primarily from the girl I was who had to hide her true self in order to survive. That girl now comingles and argues with the woman I have become: a woman who is wrestling with middle-age, the mother of two daughters, and one half of a long marriage that I feel has both thwarted and saved me.
That young girl in me is ardent and insistent and continues to emerge with stories that need to be told.”
Linda
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