Angry Fags
by Topher Payne
Full Length Play, Dark Comedy / 3m, 4f
“Payne gives us two likeable killer queens whose road to domestic terrorism is paved with Paula Deen jokes […] Witty, dark, and disconcerting.” - Out Magazine
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Cast Size
3m, 4fDuration
120 minutes (2 hours)Subgenre
Not ApplicableTarget Audience
- Adult
Additional Info
Reviews
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
Considerations
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Professional Theatre
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
- Gun Shots
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
- Nudity/Partial Nudity
License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
- Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting:
Several locations around Atlanta, GA.
- Additional Features: Stage Combat, Multimedia
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Casting
3m, 4fBENNETT RIGGS - 30s. Speechwriter for a state senator. Cautiously optimistic, affable. Conflicted.
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 advantages 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.
Cast Attributes
- Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
- Multicultural casting
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Authors
Angry Fags premiered at 7 Stages in Atlanta, GA (Heidi S. Howard, Artistic Director) in February 2013 under the direction of Justin Anderson.
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