""Irresistible. intoxicating. Enduringly original sensibility."--New York Times...Adele is a painter and an addict. Through her eyes, we meet her two lovers, Mala and Bill, and follow her
destructive relationships over the course of fourteen years. A vulnerable exploration of the interplay between art, love, and addiction, Ode to Joy is an affecting new drama from respected
playwright Craig Lucas. Renowned playwright Craig Lucas’s newest work is a sensitive look at illness, addiction, and love. Craig Lucas’s plays include Missing Persons, Reckless, Blue Window,
Prelude to a Kiss, God’s Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small Tragedy, Prayer for My Enemy, The Singing Forest, and the book for the The Light in the Piazza (music and lyrics by Adam
Guettel)"--