Tin Cat Shoes

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Tin Cat Shoes

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  5any gender (adult)

Trish Harnetiaux

A madcap odyssey through a wilderness of corporate bureaucracy and crippling human dependencies.

Image: 2018 Clubbed Thumb Production (Knud Adams)

Tin Cat Shoes

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

A madcap odyssey through a wilderness of corporate bureaucracy and crippling human dependencies. Blessed with the can-do American spirit, a troop of dedicated shoe store employees embark on a journey of personal expansion. But when “work is your life” and systems break down, all that remains is you, a casino and the truth.

History

Tin Cat Shoes premiered at Clubbed Thumb Theater in New York City on 19 May 2018. Directed by Knud Adams, the production featured Kyle Beltran, Donetta Lavinia Grays, David Greenspan, Emily Cass McDonnell and Pete Simpson.

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Age, race and gender can be interchangeable. Pronouns should be changed according to casting.

REX (and THE BEAR and THE CROUPIER) – Owner of the shoe store, leader of the troops, worked for years as a customer service representative
LUNCH (and DANNY) – Always giving the hint of a huge life lived, just beyond the surface of what we see
GEMMA – The new employee with a past full of holes
PEPPER – Casually surprised not to be doing something else by now
CHEDDAR – Magically content wherever he is
ROGER, THE UPS DELIVERY PERSON – Voice-over
NARRATOR / 911 – Voice-over

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting The shoe store, the wilderness and the casino. Now.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes

Media

“A delight in three acts!” – Time Out New York

“Tin Cat Shoes is a delight in three acts... It's like watching a dandelion puff hit a frying pan. Though the play constantly and deliberately undermines its urgency with silliness, it has a secret coherence from the start – a running commentary on how we overvalue work.” – Time Out New York

“Entertainment that feels custom made for a ‘school's out’ state of mind... It’s hard to resist the eccentric top spin these performers put on their lines... Ms. Harnetiaux is following her own System, which involves dismantling our pathetic trust in all systems.” – The New York Times

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  • Tin Cat Shoes

    Image: 2018 Clubbed Thumb Production (Knud Adams)

  • Tin Cat Shoes

    Image: 2018 Clubbed Thumb Production (Knud Adams)

  • Tin Cat Shoes

    Image: 2018 Clubbed Thumb Production (Knud Adams)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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FUN FACT: Upon licensing a production of Tin Cat Shoes you will receive a PDF of the official Employee Handbook providing a unique, inside look at one shoe store’s corporate culture. 

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Authors

Trish Harnetiaux

Trish Harnetiaux

Trish Harnetiaux is a playwright, filmmaker and podcast creator. Her narrative podcast The MS Phoenix Rising, about the relaunch of the cruise ship industry, is available on Playwrights Horizons Soundstage. She's developing the TV pilot this summer through The Orchard Project ...

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