Photos by Hunter Canning, from the New Light Theater Project production (NYC)
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Two men, Dean and Mikey, prepared for ages to have a baby, but now Dean’s doubts gnaw at him.
Two hamsters, Tyson and Jason, are abruptly pregnant with nine babies, and now Tyson’s fears nibble at her. Nobody was planning to eat anyone. Things just got out of hand. read on the New Play Exchange "Both nature and nurture take it on the chin in Breeders, Dan Giles's sly and keen-witted dark comedy. A cheeky inquiry into the naturalness of domesticity that transcends distinctions of species, sexuality, and gender." - Adam Feldman, Time Out New York (four stars, Critic's Pick) |
Production & Development
production New Light Theater Project (New York, NY), September 2017 dir. Jaki Bradley feat. Alton Alburo, Fernando Gonzalez, Lea McKenna-Garcia, & Jacob Perkins production FaultLine Theater (San Francisco, CA), April 2017 dir. Adam Odsess-Rubin dramaturg Austin Owen feat. Sam Bertken, Ryan Hayes, Neil Higgins, & Nikki Meñez reading Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha, NE), 2016 dir. Ron Zank dramaturg Emma Goldman-Sherman feat. Thomas Gjere, Thomas Lowe, Krystal Kelly, Nick Albrecht, & Bill Grennan workshop Dixon Place (New York, NY), 2016 dir. Alex Tobey feat. Bryan Kauder, Luke LaMontagne, Ben Lorenz, & Annie Yokom |
Awards
New Light New Voices Award New Light Theater Project (New York, NY), 2017 Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting Kennedy Center ACTF (Washington, D.C.), 2016 nominations: Excellence in Theatre Awards for Production & Ensemble Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle finalist Bay Area Playwrights Festival (San Francisco, CA), 2016 Lark Playwrights' Week (New York, NY), 2016 Playwrights Center Core Apprentice Fellowship, 2015 & 2016 |