Reunion Summary
David Mamet

Reunion Summary

Reunion takes place in the apartment fifty-three-year-old Bernie Cary. Carol Mindler, Bernie's twenty- four-year-old daughter, has come to visit him. She hasn't seen her father in twenty years, since he and her mother divorced. The play takes place in a series of fourteen short scenes, each of which represents a segment of one long conversation between father and daughter.

Scene 1

As the play opens, Carol has just arrived at Bernie's apartment on a Sunday afternoon in early March. Bernie comments, "This is a very important moment." He's relieved that she calls him Bernie, rather than "Dad." He explains that he has quit drinking and has been doing better lately than he had been in the past.

Scene 2

Carol tells Bernie his apartment looks nice, and he explains that he's been living there two years. Carol tells him the apartment she lives in with her husband, ... View more of the Reunion Summary