Synopsis
Teach Me How to Cry
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 7 Female
There is a troubled, only reluctantly hostile relationship between a boy who thinks of himself as 'more the writer type' and the ambitious but ineffectual parents who want to urge him toward better things
As the boy and girl, both of them outcasts in the high-school world of prom dates and grapevine rumors, stumble upon one another and slowly find their ways toward dignity, open affection and some sort of identity
Teach Me How to Cry leafs over a good many attractive memory - sketches Patricia Joudry, who wrote the play has done honorably by most of her characters it is everywhere marked by talent." ~ New York Herald-Tribune
Though the boy and girl are separated by their parents who refuse to acknowledge one another's worth, the vital steps to maturity have been taken and through their love for each other they emerge as important people
Produced at the Theatre de Lys, one of New York's most important Off- Broadway theaters
Teach Me How to Cry is the pleasantest item the Theatre de Lys has put on display in several months a lot of tenderness" ~ NY Times