A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Wolves
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 3m
Ben is a timid young city-dweller who freaks out when his roommate Jack brings home a big bad wolf for a one-night stand. When he tries to rescue Jack, Ben sets into motion a dangerous chain of events that will alter the world as they know it...
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Cast Size
1w, 3m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Fable/Folktale -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Listed in Out Magazine's Top-10-Stage-Plays of 2012!
FINALIST- 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award, for best LGBT Drama of 2014/15
Details
Summary
In Wolves, two men's folie à deux overtakes their small apartment and spills out onto city streets. When ex-boyfriend Jack brings a strange man home to woodland-obsessed Ben’s apartment, the Narrator can barely keep a lid on the looming violence. This “deconstruction” of the Little Red Riding Hood story is a darkly comic, predatory fairy tale for adults that explores the conflation of sex and fear in modern culture, the comfort of lava lamps, and the dangers of a handy axe.
History
Wolves premiered at Actor's Express in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2012 as part of its National New Play Network.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting A small apartment in a big city.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
"Playwright Steve Yockey fractures a familiar yarn – the Red Riding Hood story – into a prismatic and sometimes lacerating refl ection of the monsters that lurk in the streets of the big city – and also within." – Los Angeles Times, Read More
“Steve Yockey’s study of a small town boy unhinged by jealousy is his best play to date — smart, gory, bewitched.” – Atlanta Journal & Constitution (Best of 2012)
“Steve Yockey’s study of a small town boy unhinged by jealousy is his best play to date — smart, gory, bewitched.” – Atlanta Journal & Constitution (Best of 2012)
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.