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That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  3w, 2m

Sheila Callaghan

"Mind-blowing images and soul-crushing language flowing wildly." - Back Stage

Sheila Callaghan's That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play is a violently funny and disturbing excavation of the dirty corners of our imaginations.

That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Sheila Callaghan is the 2007 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama

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Summary

A pair of radical feminist ex-strippers scour the country on a murderous rampage against right-wing pro-lifers, blogging about their exploits in gruesome detail. Meanwhile, a scruffy screenwriter named Owen tries to bang out his magnum opus in a hotel room as his best friend Rodney ("The Rod") holds forth on rape and other manly enterprises. When Owen decides to incorporate the strippers into his screenplay, the boundaries of reality begin to blur, and only a visit from Jane Fonda can help keep worlds from blowing apart.

Sheila Callaghan's That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play is a violently funny and disturbing excavation of the dirty corners of our imaginations.

History

That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play premiered in New York City with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in February of 2009 under the direction of Kip Fagan.

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Performing Groups
AGNES
VALERIE
RODNEY
OWEN
JANE FONDA / JANE

That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play was first presented by artistic director David Van Asselt and managing director Sandra Coudert at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City on February 10, 2009. It was directed by Kip Fagan.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission, Physical Comedy, Stage Combat
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes
    • Strong Language
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

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REVIEWS

"Mind-blowing images and soul-crushing language flowing wildly." - Back Stage

"A submersion in the anarchy of ambivalence: variously a rant, a riff, a rumble - about our notions of naturalism, objectification, perversity, and beauty ... There's sass and sarcasm in Callaghan's high-energy punk writing." - John Lahr, The New Yorker

"Raunchy, savvy... the twisted, caffeinated world of the show imagines the collective subconscious of a culture where girls never stiop going wild... [Callaghan] push(es) her audience's buttons with an aggressive treatment of some of the darker corners of the human psyche." - The New York Times

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Sheila Callaghan

Sheila Callaghan
Sheila Callaghan's plays have been produced and developed with Soho Rep, Playwright's Horizons, Yale Rep, South Coast Repertory, Clubbed Thumb, The LARK, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, New Georges, The Flea, Woolly Mammoth, Boston Court, and Rattlestick Playwright's Theatre, ...
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