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When Cows Go Boom

  • Stacey Gregg
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9781848423176

An oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Published in volume Irish Shorts

An oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

Stacey Gregg's short play When Cows Go Boom explores the devastating effects of an ongoing battle for oil in an unnamed country. It was first performed as a rehearsed reading at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin, in 2008 as part of the 20:Love play-reading series commissioned by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

Premiere Production: 20:Love play readings, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2008.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Plays for two performers