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Ruthless!
Joel Paley
I Love Ruthie (formerly 'Lord of the Flies Jr.')
by Adam Mirajkar, Alyssa Faykus, Phanesia Pharel, Kim Wong
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Synopsis
I Love Ruthie is a play about Jaclyn, a girl who went into a coma as a child.
When she wakes up, she discovers that Ruthie, her manipulative, adopted sister, has replaced her.
When their parents go out for the night, Ruthie is accidentally murdered and Jaclyn and her brothers have to figure out what to do with the body.
Published in the collection Thespian Playworks 2016 .
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ERIS Pronounced EE-riss. Thirty-four. Penelope’s mother. A symbol of love and misunderstanding. A prostitute due to the never-evolving social pyramid of Yankeedom. Penelope’s standard of beauty. |
| PEENELOPE* Also known as Black Female 77. Sixteen. An orphan, hardworking with a sweet soul, but feisty when tested. |
| KLAN MAN / RINGLEADER OF CHAOS Owner of the institution, he is the father of Saul. A shadow of hatred. Forty-nine. |
| ADVISER OF DREAMS / OWNER OF NIGHTMARES* Thirties. The school counselor. |
| CLUELESS CLOWN* Forties. A mean and spastic spirit, complacent clown and teacher. |
| DING DONG* Eighteen. Short in height. He pities Clueless Clown (due to his instability) and is only seen in the beginning of the play. |
| FREEDOM OF SPEECH Twenties. Personification of the First Amendment. |
| SAUL* Seventeen. White male. Son of the Ringleader. Aspiring Ringleader and student in the program. Charming. |
| BOOK-KEEPER Forties. Kooky librarian. |
| CLOCK Time itself. Any gender. Any age from sixteen to forty. |
| GAEA Pronounced GAY-ah. Mature/elderly female. Mother Earth. |
| GAEA'S MASTER Forty. American greed and consumption, also known as capitalism. A white businessman with no time to waste. |
| THE ORGASM Sixteen. A personified moment of ecstasy and vulnerability. |
| REGRET Played by the same actor as Eris. A representation of Penelope’s fears. |
| JIM CROW* Saul’s Grandfather. |
| SAUL'S MOTHER Doubles with the Book-Keeper. |
| PROSTITUTE* Twenties. Penelope’s godmother. A hardworking call girl. Black. |
Publication
I Love Ruthie (formerly 'Lord of the Flies Jr.') is a comedy play written by Adam Mirajkar and published by Samuel French .
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