Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely “Between Riverside and Crazy.” Between Riverside and Crazy, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner for Best Drama, is passionate, contemporary, and bracingly funny. The play premiered at Atlantic Theater Company (Off-Broadway, New York) in the summer of 2014, with a subsequent production shortly after at Second Stage Theatre Company (Off-Broadway, New York), in the winter of 2015. men whom society would label losers return us, again and . Stephen Adly Guirgis’ script deserves its accolades and in the sure hands of director Guillermo Cienfuegos, Between Riverside and Crazy is an exciting, engrossing piece of theatre with cast of seasoned pros, and that definitely includes Liza Fernandez as the mysterious Church Lady who shows up in the second act. Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside and Crazy, at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, suffers a similar shortcoming. … Contemporary play-writing at its most original and Los Angeles theater at its finest, Between Riverside And Crazy is Between Something Else And Sensational. Between Riverside and Crazy, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by : Stephen Adly Guirgis. Between Riverside and Crazy, by Stephen Adly Guirgis Share: Twitter Facebook Email A nuanced, beautifully written play about a retired police officer faced with eviction that uses dark comedy to confront questions of life and death. City Hall is demanding more than his signature: the landlord wants him out, the dog is a nuisance and the liquor store is closed. I can say no more. Barbara Herman is executive producer. Ensemble “Between Riverside and Crazy” Review. Overlooking the Hudson River, in a spacious apartment on Manhattan’s posh Riverside Drive, a collection of broken souls has gathered to seek refuge if not redemption in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ dark comedy, “Between Riverside and Crazy.” Between Riverside And Crazy is produced by James Bennett, Deborah Culver, Simon Levy, and Stephen Sachs. Pops Washington (Montae Russell) is a black, former New York cop who is on disability after being shot by a young white officer, while off duty at a bar. Ex-cop & widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, have spent a lifetime living between Riverside and crazy. This Study Guide consists of approximately 47 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Between Riverside and Crazy.