Colossal
by Andrew Hinderaker

Name: Colossal
Brand: Andrew Hinderaker
SKU: 9780573706097
Rating: 4.54 (24 reviews)

Highlights

Male

75 mins Present Day All Men Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Kendeda

Synopsis

Performed in four fifteen-minute quarters with a half-time show, featuring a dance company, a drum corps, and a fully-padded cast, Colossal is an epic event that simultaneously celebrates and attacks our nation's most popular form of theatre: football.

A star football player – a pro prospect, one of the most graceful runners in the world, and a man in love with a teammate – struggles to move forward in the wake of a catastrophic spinal cord injury.

With full-contact choreography, this play about love, ability, and extraordinary feats of strength tackles definitions of masculinity and the male body as vehicles for language, violence, and silent expression through dance, football, and disability.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Young Mike 16-21, at various moments in the play. A dancer, a football player, and an extraordinary physical specimen.	—	16-21	16-21, at various moments in the play. A dancer, a football player, and an extraordinary physical specimen.
Jerry 30s/40s. Responsible for Mike’s rehab. A specialist in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology.	—	30s	30s/40s. Responsible for Mike’s rehab. A specialist in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology.
Damon 40s/50s. Mike’s father. Runs a modern dance company, and still an extraordinary mover, though past his prime.	male	40s	40s/50s. Mike’s father. Runs a modern dance company, and still an extraordinary mover, though past his prime.
Marcus 21 Young Mike’s closest teammate and co-captain of the University of Texas football team.	—	—	21 Young Mike’s closest teammate and co-captain of the University of Texas football team.
Coach 40s/50s. Head Coach of UT’s football team. Cares deeply about his players and believes deeply in the game of football.	male	40s	40s/50s. Head Coach of UT’s football team. Cares deeply about his players and believes deeply in the game of football.
Players Early 20s. This is our ensemble. At times, they represent Young Mike’s teammates at UT; at times his opponents; at times his teammates in high school. There should be at least six players, though ideally the number would be nine.	male	20s	Early 20s. This is our ensemble. At times, they represent Young Mike’s teammates at UT; at times his opponents; at times his teammates in high school. There should be at least six players, though ideally the number would be nine.
Damon Shaw Dance Company A modern dance company.	—	—	A modern dance company.
Drumline 3-5 players	—	3-5	3-5 players
Mike 22. Approximately ten months removed from a catastrophic football injury that’s left him in a wheelchair. (*this role must be played by an artist with disability)	—	22	22. Approximately ten months removed from a catastrophic football injury that’s left him in a wheelchair. (*this role must be played by an artist with disability)