Hippos of the Eastern Enclosure
by Jen Silverman

Name: Hippos of the Eastern Enclosure
Brand: Jen Silverman
SKU: 9780573709395
Rating: 4 (17 reviews)

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One Act30 minsPresent DayAll WomenBare Stage/Simple SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

On Thanksgiving, a nervous male zookeeper is overwhelmed by three female hippos, who all get their periods.

While the zookeeper, his girlfriend, and his co-worker decide who is on clean-up, the hippos interrogate the nature of ambition.

Hippos of the Eastern Enclosure appears in the collection Real American Dinner Party & Other Short Plays .

Character	Gender	Age	Description
UBU (male) over-confident and emotionally fragile but oddly charming	male	—	(male) over-confident and emotionally fragile but oddly charming
MA UBU (female) increasingly ambitious	female	—	(female) increasingly ambitious
WENZ JR. (male) slippery, sharp	male	—	(male) slippery, sharp
THE BABY WENZ (male) an optimist and an innocent	male	—	(male) an optimist and an innocent
MR. WENZ (male) an old-fashioned but decent man. Can also play:	male	—	(male) an old-fashioned but decent man. Can also play:
SAD POSTMAN / SAD DESTITUTE PERSON	—	—	—
ROSE WENZ (female) concerned with what others think. Can also play:	female	—	(female) concerned with what others think. Can also play:
SAD TEACHER / HILLARY CLINTON	—	—	—