WHAT!! EVER!! MAJOR!! LOSER!!
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In an adaptation of Antigone set in the Providence Place Mall, Whatever, Major, and Loser (and a chorus) are cursed by something in the fallout of the death of Whatever’s brother. It’s about loving in the mall. And loving in the post-war-always-war era. And loving your dead brother so much you want everybody to be him.
This play was an experiment of adaptation, site-specific activation/guerrilla theater, and how to unleash the 21st century shopping habits, post-war (always-war) melancholy, terrorism, and transexuality already inherent in the mythos of Antigone. An incestuous sex romp through our war-torn, capitalist hell.
It was conceived through Providence Place Mall, but really, it could be about your mall too.
Characters
Whatever, a girl with a dick
Major, mall cop, Whatever’s fianceé
Loser, a loser, Whatever’s sister who wants to be her brother
Chora(gus), a documentarian,
who leads the chorus, who will play everybody else:
- Warren-And-His-Fuckpole, mall security chief, Whatever’s uncle
- Auntie Anne, she works at Auntie Anne’s Pretzels
- Claire, she works at Claire’s
- Kid, a kid
Workshop Reading @ Brown University’s Writing is Live Festival (March 2025)
directed by yours truly withIvy Rockmore (AD)
Grace Belgrader (AD)
Sophia Decherney (SM)
Maggie Lapinski (Dramaturg)
Riley Ratcliff (Whatever)
James La Bella (Major)
Erin Lockett (Loser)
Nicholas Byers (Gus and Warren)
Evelyn Dearbourn (Chorus)
Joanne Lee (Chorus)
Navaiya Williams (Chorus)