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The Common Pursuit chronicles the lives of six friends throughout a 20-year span. When Stuart Thorne enlists his fellow Cambridge classmates to help him start a new literary magazine, the literature buffs become lifelong friends. Once the challenges of the real world set in, Stuart must make some unexpected decisions.

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Performances ended on Jul. 29, 2012.

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About The Common Pursuit on Broadway

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Previews: May 4, 2012 • Opening: May 24, 2012 • Closing: Jul 29, 2012
Off-Broadway Plays Drama

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What Is the Story of The Common Pursuit?
Set at Cambridge University, The Common Pursuit is the story of Stuart, a student who hopes to start a literary magazine. Stuart appoints himself as the editor and invites his five friends to help: Marigold, his girlfriend; Nick, an aspiring theater critic; Humphry, an aspiring philosophy professor; Martin, an aspiring publisher; and Peter, who aspires to sleep with lots of women. The play spans 20 years, chronicling the lives of these six unlikely friends as their careers and lives progress.

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The New York Times

"'The Common Pursuit' can be quite satisfying for American Anglomaniacs, rather like a crisply written summer beach read from across the pond."

The New York Times

Ben Brantley

Bloomberg Businessweek

"['The Common Pursuit' is] ennobled by Gray’s surgical yet compassionate wit and a fine ensemble that includes Jacob Fishel, Tim McGeever, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Kieran Campion."

Bloomberg Businessweek

Jeremy Gerard

New York Post

"[Lucas] Near-Verbrugghe and [Tim] McGeever make the most of the humor—the first clownishly extroverted, like a posh Austin Powers, the second elegantly dry."

New York Post

Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Cast

Josh Cooke
Stuart
Kristen Bush
Marigold
Kieran Campion
Peter
Tim McGeever
Humphry
Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
Nick

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Written by
Simon Gray
Director
Moisés Kaufman
Set Designer
Derek McLane
Costume Designer
Clint Ramos
Lighting Designer
David Lander
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