Wet Brain
by John J. Caswell, Jr.

Name: Wet Brain
Brand: John J. Caswell, Jr.
SKU: 9780573711015
Rating: 4.15 (13 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins Role(s) for Latine Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

Inspired by true events and hopeless imaginings, Wet Brain is a play about three distant siblings and their father’s possible repeat abductions by extraterrestrials during the height of his end-stage alcoholism.

With recovery unlikely, organs failing, and Dad's death all but imminent, Ricky, Ron and Angelina look for a final closure many, many light years away.

Press Reviews

"★★★★ Critics’ Pick! “A very funny, pitch-black comedy about addiction and obligation, love and abandonment, and patterns of poisonous behavior lodged so deep they seem encoded. ... John J. Caswell, Jr.’s writing is an act of resistance to the constraints of theatrical convention."
— The New York Times

"★★★★ “An otherworldly look at generational trauma... offers a gripping, grating look at alcoholism and its effects on loved ones... genre-bending... it moves between comedy, tragedy and horror."
— New York Theatre Guide

"Equal parts heart-stopping and heart-wrenching."
— Vogue

"A compelling portrait of family dysfunction... This play will take you to unexpected places."
— Theatermania

"This is a play that’s comfortable leaving a lot of gaping wounds bleeding while still being quite funny... it all provides a way for the play to reach out beyond the patterns these characters are trapped in, and see something hopeful out there in the stars."
— Vulture

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
JOE Dad. Age 59.	—	—	Dad. Age 59.
RICKY Joe’s son. Age 33.	male	—	Joe’s son. Age 33.
RON Joe’s son. Age 37.	male	—	Joe’s son. Age 37.
ANGELINA Joe’s daughter. Age 27.	female	—	Joe’s daughter. Age 27.
MONA Mother of Rick, Ron, Angelina.	—	—	Mother of Rick, Ron, Angelina.
CRYSTAL * – Home health aide.	—	—	* – Home health aide.
VARIOUS RECORDED VOICES	—	—	—