Angry Fags
- Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
- 3M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573705106
"Payne gives us two likeable killer queens whose road to domestic terrorism is paved with Paula Deen jokes [...] Witty, dark, and disconcerting."
Out Magazine
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dark Comedy
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Gun Shots, Nudity/Partial Nudity, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Bennett and Cooper are informed that the assault can't be classified as a hate crime -- because in Georgia, hate crimes against homosexuals don't legally exist. Their frustration and fear eventually turn to rage as they realize "acceptance" simply isn't enough. They're still living in a society that relegates them to a second-class status. They're not respected. They're not feared. It's time for that to change.
REVIEWS:
"Topher Payne's uncompromising Oscar Wilde-meets-Fight Club fantasia."
American Theatre Magazine
"A gay gentleman's guide to love and murder [...] Filled with tension but laced with moments of black humor and rigged with unexpected twists and turns."
Chicago Tribune
"A must-see [...] The show addresses serious subject matter in an empathetic and sensitive matter, with a generous helping of relatable humor."
Examiner.com
"Payne gives us two likeable killer queens whose road to domestic terrorism is paved with Paula Deen jokes [...] Witty, dark, and disconcerting."
Out Magazine
"Undeniably relevant and hard-hitting."
The GA Voice
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Multicultural casting, Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
COOPER HARLOW - 30s. Bennett's roommate. Caustic, clever, unpredictable. A fancy badass.
SENATOR ALLISON HAINES - 40s. A former activist, now the only out lesbian in the Georgia State Senate. Pragmatic, thoughtful, flawed. A dedicated public servant now wondering what happens when she's no longer celebrated by the public.
KIMBERLY PHILLIPS - 30s. The senator's office manager, a married mother of two. Good-humored, quick, overworked. Probably really enjoyed her early twenties.
ADAM LOWELL - 30s. The senator's chief of staff. Undeniably appealing and charmingly square. Likely owns a lot of books about Bobby Kennedy.
PEGGY MUSGROVE - 40s. The senator's opponent. Genuine, witty, nimble. A black female Republican, with all the conflicts and potential advantaged that implies. She's found a way to weaponize being othered.
DEIRDRE PRESTON - 50s. A local broadcasting legend. Has the shrewd and discerning eye of a brilliant woman who believes her best days are still ahead of her.
Available Material
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Bennett is really trying to keep it together right now. He broke up with his boyfriend and moved in with his best friend, Cooper. It's election season, and he's the speechwriter for Georgia's only gay state senator, who's engaged in a bloody campaign against a conservative darling. Then Bennett's ex is attacked in the parking lot of a gay bar. |
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