Consider the Oyster

by David MacGregor

Full-length. "Consider the Oyster" is a comedy based on the facts that doctors are now using oyster shells to repair human bone and all oysters are born male and turn female. After shattering his femur during a Super Bowl celebration, our newly engaged protagonist undergoes such a procedure and then gradually realizes that he is turning into a woman. Can true love withstand a little thing like gender change...

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Consider the Oyster

Development History

Type Workshop, Organization Purple Rose Theatre Company, Year 2011

Production History

Type Professional, Organization Wiesbaden Performing Arts Center (Wiesbaden, Germany), Year 2022
Type Professional, Organization Spot on vzw (Lier, Belgium), Year 2021
Type University, Organization National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan, Province of China), Year 2018
Type Community Theater, Organization Clarkston Village Players (Clarkston, MI), Year 2017
Type University, Organization Kent State University (North Canton, OH), Year 2017
Type University, Organization Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK), Year 2017
Type University, Organization University of Toronto (Scarborough, ON), Year 2017
Type Community Theater, Organization Footlight Players (Michigan City, IN), Year 2015
Type Community Theater, Organization Georgetown Little Theatre (Georgetown, ON), Year 2015
Type Community Theater, Organization Carol Players (Labrador City, Newfoundland), Year 2014
Type Community Theater, Organization Carpenter Square Theatre (Oklahoma City, OK), Year 2014
Type University, Organization Boise State University (Boise, ID), Year 2014
Type Professional, Organization Aurora Fox Theatre (Aurora, CO), Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization OUTWright Theatre Festival (Portland, OR), Year 2013
Type Professional, Organization Purple Rose Theatre (Chelsea, MI), Year 2011

Awards

Best New Play

Rogue Critic

2011

Genre

comedy,

romantic comedy

Subject Matter Keywords

LGBTQ

Length

90 minutes to two hours

Cast Size

Age of Intended Audience

ages 14-17,

ages 18 and up

Narrative Attributes

Centers LGBTQ Characters

Supporting Materials

Published Script

https://www.playscripts.com/play/2580

Script Sample

Consider the Oyster - Act One.pdf

Reviews

Rogue Critic (Michigan)

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Mere explanations don’t do justice to "Consider the Oyster," which must be seen to be believed. The script is fresh, curiously topical, and liberally funny.
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Detroit Theater Examiner

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"Consider the Oyster" delivers a comic pearl. This is a clever, funny, and surprising script that we can’t say too much about without issuing a big spoiler alert. Don’t miss this one.
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Heritage Media

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…its story is going to stir you and fuel a lot of discussion after the curtain call…after tickling your funny bone and touching your heart.
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Dexter Patch (Dexter, MI)

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Purple Rose delivers a gem with "Consider the Oyster"…a hilarious yet thought-provoking night of theater.
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Between the Lines (Royal Oak, MI)

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"Oyster" shines!…a fine-crafted piece of comedy, "Consider the Oyster" is a fresh, unique rendition of an ageless theme: love’s triumph over adversity.
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Michigan Entertainment News

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"Consider the Oyster" is offbeat perfection…do yourself a favor and take a summer night’s trip to enjoy this show before it closes.
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The Morning Sun (Chelsea, MI)

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"Consider the Oyster" glimmers like a pearl. MacGregor’s dialogue and character development are fresh and delicious…a summer delight worth the drive to Chelsea.
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New Monitor (Detroit, MI)

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David MacGregor’s script is heavy on the comedy, both physical and cerebral, but like an ice cream cone dipped in chocolate, there’s much more to the concoction than merely a bunch of laughs. Beneath the jokes and the pratfalls, serious questions linger.
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Lansing City Pulse

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This is a play that allows us to imagine what our country would be like if we were all more accepting of the diversity of sexual orientations present in humanity.
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Denver Theatre Talk

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"Consider the Oyster," the Aurora Fox’s latest pearl…shows they are committed to presenting the work of visionary artists in a true, responsible way…Producing heaving belly laughs, [the play] is resoundingly optimistic, proving good friends, and love, are not easily discarded.
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Detroit Free Press

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David MacGregor delivers an intriguing sex-switch farce that is more than the sum of its gimmicks. "Consider the Oyster" is the kind of story that playwright MacGregor does best…understanding the way relationships work, both with friends and family.
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Real Detroit Weekly

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…a fictional premise so audacious and so utterly surreal…sets in motion a romantic comedy that posits one serious question after another.
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Peter Filichia's Diary, Theatremania

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"Consider the Oyster" is David MacGregor’s terrific new comedy that’s playing at the Purple Rose Theatre…Some smart producers have an off-Broadway 1,000-plus performance hit ahead of them.
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