ISBN 978-0-573-69903-0
Emily DeVoti
Dramatic Comedy
3m, 3f
Rural New England, just before Reagan’s second
term. Meg and Ben are a creditor away from
losing their family farm. To the rescue flies a
high-powered businessman – in a private chopper
no less – offering a tidy sum for a taste of
farm life and the pure, raw milk that goes with
it. Even before locavores roamed the earth,
“back to the land” was hardly as simple as its
promise; livestock and humans aren’t known
for behaving as expected. And so it is Milk, an
elegant parable of change set on the cusp of
a shifting American landscape. “There is an
engagingly original streak running through
her writing… [DeVoti] fills Milk with interesting
details (lots of cow knowledge) and unexpected
touches.” –The New York Times.
FEE: $75 per performance Character Descriptions:MEG – mid-40s/50s, savvy, educated, from the countryBEN – mid-40/50s, idealistic, from the city (the Bronx, but no accent) MATT – 14, emerging; born on the farm, but smartJAMES – mid-40s/50s, a businessman from the city, polished, aggressive but ultimately fragileVERONICA – 15, searching; has had to grow up a little too fast; from the cityAUROCH – like Meg, but wilder – and quite possibly the last living wild cow
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