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THE CLAM by Amanda Quaid

Published: April 5, 2020, 8:30 a.m.

Tony Shalhoub and Kristine Nielsen star in Amanda Quaid\u2019s THE CLAM, the Second Place winner of Playing on Air\u2019s 2019 James Stevenson Prize competition.\xa0

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After a lifetime of playing it safe , a wistful clam (Shalhoub) decides to come out of his shell with help from a therapist (Nielsen). His friends are disappearing without a trace, he\u2019s lost touch with thousands of his children, and he\u2019s desperate for a pearl to call his own. Alternately tongue-in-cheek and deeply identifiable, THE CLAM is a comedy for anyone who\u2019s ever felt adrift in their search for happiness.\xa0

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Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Broadway\u2019s Bernhardt/Hamlet, Hand to God) directs Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Shalhoub (\u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,\u201d The Band\u2019s Visit, \u201cMonk\u201d) and Tony nominee Nielsen (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Androninus, PoA\u2019s Wildwood Park). The opening episode of PoA\u2019s 2020 Spring Season, THE CLAM was recorded live at New York\u2019s Pershing Square Signature Center.\xa0