Fanged and Hairy and Mad
This ten-minute satire juxtaposes two different kinds of
recruitment: the recruitment of young racists
into white supremacist groups, and the “recruitment” of romantic partners
through singles ads.
As the plays opens, the Man in Shadow regales his listeners with fear-mongering predictions about the destruction of American society by virtue of its multi-ethnic characteristics. Interspersed with his admonitions are live, gender-bending presentations of singles advertisements, seeking to attract a wide variety of dating possibilities. The juxtapositions provide their own dark “commentary” on the many types of connections available to the young and unmoored.
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Play Structure: |
1
Act: 10-minute play |
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Cast size: |
5 |
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Gender: |
2
female, 3 male |
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Period: |
The
present. |
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Location: |
The
void from which recruitment springs |
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Set: |
Bare stage
with a spotlight aimed downcenter. The Man in Shadow sits upcenter
in shadow. The Women and Men enter
from, and exit to, wings and peripheral areas into spotlights to speak their
lines. |
Production History
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Fanged
and Hairy and Mad
received its premiere production by the Committee of Five at |
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Man
in Shadow |
Kirk Diedrich |
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Women |
Heather Carnduff |
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Men |
Martin Gobbee |