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Eric Overmyer’s On the Verge, or, The Geography of Yearning is a romping meditation on the outer and inner frontiers of the human condition, full of lyrical and hilarious dialogue and imagery both beautiful and surreal. It requires a sense of whimsy and a strong ensemble cast.
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He left the show after the conclusion of the fifteenth season. Poster for a Hedgerow Theatre Company production of On the Verge, by Eric Overmyer. Overmyer joined the crew of The Wire as a consulting producer and writer for the fourth season in 2006. [4]
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- Eric Ellis Overmyer, September 25, 1951 (age 72), Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Eric Overmyer (b. 1951) is an American playwright, writer and producer. On the Verge is one of his eleven published plays. He is also writer and/or producer of numerous TV shows, including St. Elsewhere, Homi-cide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The Wire, New Amsterdam, Bosch (which he developed), Treme and The Man in the High Castle.
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Jun 23, 2016 · June 23, 2016. Theater Review. Review: On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning. Eric Overmyer’s 1985 play On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning —revived by The Attic Theater Company at Walkerspace—follows three intrepid explorers from 1888, bushwhacking their way through Terra Incognita and turning up more than they bargained for.
Nov 1, 1986 · On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning. Eric Overmyer. 3.86. 173 ratings22 reviews. The three daring women of Eric Overmyer's women-centric, 1985 travel fantasy On the Verge; or The Geography of Yearning are never satisfied. They are constantly in pursuit of adventure that takes them far away from their homeland of Victorian America.
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Nov 1, 1986 · A frolicsome jaunt through a continuum of space, time, history, geography, feminism and fashion, Mr Overmyer's cavalcade is on the verge of becoming a thoroughly serendipitous journey. --Mel Gussow, The New York Times. With a handful of plays...Eric Overmyer has established himself as one of contemporary theater's wittiest playwrights.
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Aug 3, 2008 · Eric Overmyer’s vividly imaginative On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) follows the adventures of three fiercely independent Victorian women explorers as they spin through time from 1888 to 1955. As they embark on their trek to an unknown land, it becomes apparent that they are not on an ordinary expedition.
