Tin Cat Shoes
by Trish Harnetiaux

Name: Tin Cat Shoes
Brand: Trish Harnetiaux
SKU: 9780573708398
Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)

Tin Cat Shoes Book Cover — Tin Cat Shoes Cover

Highlights

90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

A madcap odyssey through a wilderness of corporate bureaucracy and crippling human dependencies.

Blessed with the can-do American spirit, a troop of dedicated shoe store employees embark on a journey of personal expansion.

But when “work is your life” and systems break down, all that remains is you, a casino and the truth.

Press Reviews

"Tin Cat Shoes is a delight in three acts... It's like watching a dandelion puff hit a frying pan. Though the play constantly and deliberately undermines its urgency with silliness, it has a secret coherence from the start – a running commentary on how we overvalue work."
— Time Out New York

"Entertainment that feels custom made for a ‘school's out’ state of mind... It’s hard to resist the eccentric top spin these performers put on their lines... Ms. Harnetiaux is following her own System, which involves dismantling our pathetic trust in all systems."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
REX (and	—	—	(and
THE BEAR and	—	—	and
THE CROUPIER ) – Owner of the shoe store, leader of the troops, worked for years as a customer service representative	—	—	) – Owner of the shoe store, leader of the troops, worked for years as a customer service representative
LUNCH (and	—	—	(and
DANNY ) – Always giving the hint of a huge life lived, just beyond the surface of what we see	—	—	) – Always giving the hint of a huge life lived, just beyond the surface of what we see
GEMMA The new employee with a past full of holes	—	—	The new employee with a past full of holes
PEPPER Casually surprised not to be doing something else by now	—	—	Casually surprised not to be doing something else by now
CHEDDAR Magically content wherever he is	male	—	Magically content wherever he is
ROGER, THE UPS DELIVERY PERSON Voice-over	—	—	Voice-over
NARRATOR /	—	—	/
911 Voice-over	—	—	Voice-over