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Tomb of King Tot, The

  • Olivia Dufault
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Ancient, Contemporary
  • 2M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573705946

"Sweet and spiky tragicomedy... this production makes a case for whimsy as a filter both for shutting out and eventually coming to terms with an unforgiving world and one's unforgiving self."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Ancient, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Jane Haley is the punny voice of the comic strip King Tot, the three panel strip about a nine year old pharaoh in Egypt. Jane has just been nominated for the Chuckling Willow, the single most important award for female cartoonists in New England. All seems to be going well until bleak news strikes in the Haley household. As Jane tries to hide her coping by working extensively on her comics, her arts suffers as her main character tries to find their way through the Land of the Dead to find her "mummy."

Playwright Olivia Dufault pairs humor with heartache in this exploration of the processing of grief.
REVIEWS:

"Sweet and spiky new tragicomedy... this production makes a case for whimsy as a filter both for shutting out and eventually coming to terms with an unforgiving world and one's unforgiving self."

 The New York Times

Premiere Production: The Tomb of King Tot premiered as a part of the Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival at The Wild Project in New York City in June 2016 under the direction of Portia Krieger.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • JANE HALEY - late-thirties cartoonist (f) also plays
    MUMMY - mummy (f)
    ATLANTA HALEY - teenage girl (f) also plays
    KING TOT - Egyptian boy-king (f)
    PORTER HALEY - late-thirties step-father (m) also plays
    HOREMHEB - Egyptian slave (m)
    KISSY CANDIDA - late-thirties cartoonist (f) also plays
    ALLIGATOR-WOMAN - alligator-woman (f)
    LIONEL FEATHER - early-sixties cartoonist (m) also plays
    ANUBIS - jackal-headed king of the dead (m)

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    Jane Haley is the punny voice of the comic strip King Tot, the three panel strip about a nine year old pharaoh in Egypt. Jane has just been nominated for the Chuckling Willow, the single most important award for female cartoonists in New England. All seems to be going well until bleak news strikes in the Haley household. As Jane tries to hide her coping by working extensively on her comics, her arts suffers as her main character tries to find their way through the Land of the Dead to find her "mummy."

    Playwright Olivia Dufault pairs humor with heartache in this exploration of the processing of grief.

    		$24.95

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