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Short Play, Dark Comedy / 2w, 4m
Jen Silverman
A shortened and extremely loose adaptation of Ubu Roi, featuring Pixy Stix and Hillary Clinton.
Ubu Anew (A Play for Strange People) appears in the collection Real American Dinner Party & Other Short Plays.
UBU – (male) over-confident and emotionally fragile but oddly charmingMA UBU – (female) increasingly ambitiousWENZ JR. – (male) slippery, sharpTHE BABY WENZ – (male) an optimist and an innocentMR. WENZ – (male) an old-fashioned but decent man. Can also play: SAD POSTMAN / SAD DESTITUTE PERSONROSE WENZ – (female) concerned with what others think. Can also play: SAD TEACHER / HILLARY CLINTON
Casting Note: It is possible to double-cast the play, in which case the cast size is six. It is also possible to ignore the double-casting suggestions above and have a larger cast. Characters can be played by actors of any race or gender identity.
Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Plays include: The Roommate (Broadway: The Booth Theatre; Regionally: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Steppenwolf, South Coast Repertory Theatre, etc.); Highway ...