Airline Highway A Play
Airline Highway A Play by Lisa D’Amour, published by Northwestern University Press on August 31, 2015, is a 160-page exploration of a unique community in New Orleans. This play delves into the lives of a group of “outsiders” who converge at the Hummingbird Hotel, a gathering place for strippers, service workers, hustlers, and poets. Through humor and insight, the narrative unfolds over a single day as they navigate their intertwined fates and the impact of their choices.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of the characters as they come together to honor Miss Ruby, a former burlesque performer who wishes for a funeral before her passing. The play examines themes of community and authenticity against the backdrop of a changing New Orleans, highlighting the complexities of human connection amidst personal struggles. Airline Highway invites audiences to reflect on the significance of real-time rituals and the bonds formed in the face of adversity.
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Airline Highway is a rollicking play that, with great insight, humor, and subtlety, examines a tight knit community of “outsiders” over the course of a single, legendary day. The Hummingbird Hotel is the figurative or literal home for a group of strippers, French Quarter service workers, hustlers, and poets who are bound together by their bad luck, bad decisions, and complete lack of pretense. Presiding over them is Miss Ruby, a beloved former burlesque performer who has requested a funeral before she dies. As the people whose lives she has touched gather to celebrate her, they must face themselves, each other, and the consequences of the choices they have made. Airline Highway shows us the tenuous hold that community, authenticity, and real-time ritual have on a rapidly gentrifying New Orleans.
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