Merry Me
by Hansol Jung

Name: Merry Me
Brand: Hansol Jung
SKU: 9780573711138
Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

On an island not far away from the vulnerable coasts of the enemy state, a mysterious blackout has left the Navy restless and itching for action.

Lieutenant Shane Horne has occupied her time satisfying the libidinous needs of all the women on the base – including the jealous general’s wife.

But her own merries will not… come.

Meanwhile, a famed Angel re-descends to amend her previous prophesy, sending the Navy’s psychiatrist on an epic quest to save humanity.

Will the general discover the affair?

Will the earth be saved?

Will they ever be merry enough?

Merry Me is an intoxicating queer cocktail of restoration comedy and the Greeks, served with a heavy garnish of ridiculous.

Press Reviews

"A must-see! Madcap, zany and raunchy."
— DC Theater Arts

"A ribald comic paean to lust… The laughs… come nearly non-stop, with help from madcap performances, silly props and loads upon loads of sex… Despite all these blasts from the past – the works of Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf also make appearances – Merry Me lives very much in the present."
— TimeOut New York

"A saucy, silly good time."
— Vulture

"Joyous… an entertaining, energizing and unmissable queer comedy… a blend of physical comedy, dry observational humor, and inside jokes about queer theatre… Jung remains the master of wordplay, delighting with dialogue jam-packed with references and jokes; as fun as it is to watch Merry Me, it will be even better to read the script when published."
— New York Theatre Guide

"Critic’s Pick! “Refreshingly playful… [a] delightfully loopy sex comedy… It’s a ridiculous, convoluted plot… but there is a gleeful, almost punchy abandon to this play’s dedication to queer female pleasure, embrace of bawdy fun and relish of theatrical in-jokes. With shout-outs to Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett and Thornton Wilder, Merry Me pilfers successfully from Shakespeare… and from Tony Kushner’s Angels in America."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
LT. SHANE HORNE God’s gift to lady parts of all shapes, colors and vintages.	—	—	God’s gift to lady parts of all shapes, colors and vintages.
DR. JESS O’NOPE An unwilling prophet.	male	—	An unwilling prophet.
MRS. SAPH MEMNON An unwilling wife.	female	—	An unwilling wife.
PVT. WILLY MEMNON A very woke male partner to Sapph.	male	—	A very woke male partner to Sapph.
GEN. MEMNON A war-starved General.	—	—	A war-starved General.
GENERAL’S WIFE A sex-starved wife.	female	—	A sex-starved wife.
THE ANGEL From Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.	—	—	From Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.
SOLDIERS ,	—	—	,
ANGELS , etc.	—	—	, etc.