Joan the Witch (2011)
Joan the Witch, as a story, is something that has been rolling around in my brain for some time now, but I haven’t endeavored to actually write a stage version of that history until recently. In 1429 Gilles de Rais fought alongside Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans. On October 26, 1440, he was … Read more
Betty Sue’s Hulahoop Dance Number (2010)
Betty Sue’s Hulahoop Dance Number is a play within a play, about a small village of coltan miners trying to perform in a fundraiser so the local guerillas don’t murder all of them. Obviously, it’s a comedy. At least, until the final scene where the warlord Kokmufun exacts his on everyone. It’s like a horrifying … Read more
Apocalypse Lost (2009)
Hello again, old friends and new. In addition to the archive of copyright free plays that I have been blogging about, I am going to use this space to talk about the dramaturgy of previous Blunt Objects performances. First out of the gate is Apocalypse Lost, a dark musical comedy where, at one point, we … Read more
