“Good People” Head for the Silver Screen

David Lindsay-Abaire is perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning play Rabbit Hole and his Oscar-nominated adaptation of the same play.

However, he might make an even bigger splash in the future with Good People. The play about Boston life, which stars Frances McDormand in a leading role, opened in March to critical acclaim and, according to The Los Angeles Times, will be heading for the silver screen for Focus Features. McDormand also looks to reprise her role as Ms. Walsh.

The play’s plot, courtesy of The Los Angeles Times:

“In the Manhattan Theatre Club production, Margie Walsh is a sharp-tongued South Boston single mother of a mentally disabled daughter. Walsh dropped out of high school to care for her child and has struggled to get by ever since. When she's fired from her minimum-wage job, she seeks out employment from a former classmate and rich yuppie (Tate Donovan) in an interaction that quickly becomes a tangled web of race and class.”