A "noir existential" play set in 1947 San Francisco, Sam Marlowe features the hallmarks and archetypes of the genre that thrilled readers of the hard-boiled fiction on which the play is loosely based -- tough and savvy private detectives Sam Marlowe and Miles Sawyer; the duplicitous femme-fatale, red-hot nightclub singer Beverly Marlowe; all-American girl Edna Mersey; and enterprising reporter Jimmy Fredericks. Mix in classic existential themes like isolation, anxiety, futility and murder, and you've got a play ripped straight from the pages of a pulp novel, with all the juicy bits ready to enjoy.

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