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Walking the Dead
Author(s):
Keith Curran
Maya Deboats, a performance artist, calls together the family and friends of her recently murdered lover, Veronica, for a performance art memorial service that travels seamlessly through the past and present in an effort to reconstruct Veronica's life. Together they create an actual, lasting structure--a work of art -which ultimately helps them to understand and move on. We learn that Veronica, who at first believes she is a lesbian, is actually a man "trapped" in a woman's body. After much deliberation, Veronica chooses surgery and becomes "Homer." Homer, however, is once again "trapped" when his mother calls with an invitation to her upcoming wedding. Homer attends the ceremony dressed as Veronica, where he realizes the full impact of denial-of-self that resulted in his "dressing up." Walking home, Homer is attacked by two men who assume he is a woman. As the attack progresses, the attackers discover Homer is a man, and brutally kill him. The participants of the memorial service begin to comprehend their general complicity as well as their specific innocence in the machinations that led to Homer's death. The play becomes a larger comment on our attitudes toward change, selfhood and the boundaries of love.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Post-Modern 1990 - present
| | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | 1991 | | Total Characters: | 7 | | Male Characters: | 4 | | Female Characters: | 3 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | 0822212188
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