Reasons To Be Pretty at Geffen Playhouse

A 2009 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, Reasons to Be Pretty takes on our collective obsession with physical beauty. The Geffen Playhouse's production stars Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia, Two and a Half Men), Nick Gehlfuss (Shameless), Shawn Hatosy (Reckless) and Alicia Witt (Justified). In this savagely comic piece by controversial writer Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Your Friends & Neighbors), a working class guy finds his life thrown into disarray when he makes the offhand comment that -- compared to a pretty co-worker -- his girlfriend is just "regular." With dialogue that's intense even for LaBute, Reasons to Be Pretty shines a light on our obsession with physical beauty and how easy it is to be casually cruel.