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Outstanding Short Plays, Volume Two
David Ives
Gendermat
by Mark Dunn
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"In 'Gendermat', Mark Dunn crafts a whimsical exploration of identity and societal norms, inviting performers of any gender to inhabit its quirky characters."
From: Gender-Neutral Casting PlaysSynopsis
This is tag team theatre with a bite.
At the end of a relationship, two characters meet in the basement laundry room of an apartment building.
Four actors step in and out of the roles of Carrie/Cary and Frances/Francis to create the story of four breakups: a man leaving a woman, a woman leaving a man, a woman leaving a woman, and a man leaving a man.
The gender permutations reveal the simple fact that rejection and lost love are universals.
In parting, the characters learn important truths about themselves and move, not without bitterness, toward a fresh start.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
FRANCES a woman, about 30 |
FRANCIS a man, about 30 |
CARY a man, about 30 |
CARRIE a woman, about 30 |
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year1999
BindingPaperback
Pages22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573626890
ISBN-100573626898
Gendermat is a American play written by Mark Dunn and published by Samuel French (1999).
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Samuel French · 1999 · 22 pp
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