Toyer
by Gardner Mckay

Name: Toyer
Brand: Gardner Mckay
SKU: 9780573692970
Rating: 3.38 (463 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Synopsis

This psychological thriller is a favorite in acting workshops.

It is a mind game play.

Toyer is someone who toys; he is a mass paralyzer who toys with his victims.

He does not murder or rape, he seduces then immobilizes.

Press Reviews

"Deeply disturbing and entirely relevant. A classic mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat, guessing."
— All Things Considered, National Public Radio

"Playwright Gardner McKay's script is taut, chilling...my blood ran cold..."
— The Daily Mail

"Superb. Riveting, breathtaking. Strong stuff...most exciting drama of the year...restores to theater what theater's meant to be."
— L.A. Herald Examiner

"This has to be the most intense play between a man and a woman ever written."
— Axxess Magazine

"The writing is taut with a good deal of steely wit."
— The Daily Express

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Peter Matson Lithe. Strong, not muscular. In his early or late twenties. Light or blond haired, pale eye-brows. Neither handsome nor ugly. Striking yet indistinct. An apparent innocent; easlity written on, easily erased. A tabula raza.	male	—	Lithe. Strong, not muscular. In his early or late twenties. Light or blond haired, pale eye-brows. Neither handsome nor ugly. Striking yet indistinct. An apparent innocent; easlity written on, easily erased. A tabula raza.
Jimmy A pale ginger cat. Not large.	—	—	A pale ginger cat. Not large.
Maude Christopher Bright. In her mid or late thirties. Athletic body, attractive face. Hair; short. Clear-eyed, she looks at people, studies them. Definite, focused, alienated. Not easily resolved.	female	—	Bright. In her mid or late thirties. Athletic body, attractive face. Hair; short. Clear-eyed, she looks at people, studies them. Definite, focused, alienated. Not easily resolved.