Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

by Sam Collier

Up in their attic, sisters Josephine and Henrietta create a new sister for their family; she's monstrous and violent and embodies everything they've dreamed of: the rage of children, the fury of girls.

Up in their attic, sisters Josephine and Henrietta create a new sister for their family; she's monstrous and violent and embodies everything they've dreamed of: the rage of children, the fury of girls.

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Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

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  • Ky Weeks: Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

    The delightfully whimsical mess and chaos and violence and pain present within this play is infectious. Every shocking act that occurs feels so honest and real that it might be easy to forget how wild they are, except Collier doesn't let us forget. The way the young main characters interact with the space around them and exist as the fullest, angriest, most unhinged versions of themselves despite the Adult's attempts to stop them are so true of childhood... until they themselves become the Adults. A pure feast of images and ideas.

    The delightfully whimsical mess and chaos and violence and pain present within this play is infectious. Every shocking act that occurs feels so honest and real that it might be easy to forget how wild they are, except Collier doesn't let us forget. The way the young main characters interact with the space around them and exist as the fullest, angriest, most unhinged versions of themselves despite the Adult's attempts to stop them are so true of childhood... until they themselves become the Adults. A pure feast of images and ideas.

  • Brian James Polak: Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

    I love Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King. This play, to me, is about repression, rebellion, agency, and trauma. I found it darkly hilarious and quite moving.

    I love Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King. This play, to me, is about repression, rebellion, agency, and trauma. I found it darkly hilarious and quite moving.

  • Chandler Hubbard: Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

    Takes a bite right out of you and doesn't stop until it's done digesting. A delightful and brutal meditation on womanhood, hunger and grief.

    Takes a bite right out of you and doesn't stop until it's done digesting. A delightful and brutal meditation on womanhood, hunger and grief.

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Character Information

  • Daisy Violet
    the youngest sister.
    also, a monster.
  • The Adult
    a shape-shifting Adult
    or a series of Adults
    saying oppressive things
    and facing consequences...
  • Josephine
    the older sister.
    a kid in act one, an adult in act two.
  • Henrietta
    the younger sister.
    a kid in act one, an adult in act two.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization PTP/NYC (Atlantic Stage 2), Year 2016
  • Type Reading, Organization Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Year 2015

Production History

  • Type University, Organization [performance @ new college], New College of Florida, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization UC Davis Ground and Field Festival, Year 2018

Awards