You Must Wear a Hat by C. Meaker

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef waiting for the world to end. A play for two and a rabbit puppet.
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You Must Wear a Hat

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  • Tom Erb:
    20 Apr. 2024
    “ I highly recommend C. Meaker's "You Must Wear a Hat" for the ability to craft compelling narratives and characters. This play bring a unique perspective to storytelling. ”
  • Alex Kingsley:
    22 Jan. 2023
    “ I had the opportunity to see a staged reading of this play at the Kennedy Center and it was so fantastically bizarre. Deeply unsettling in the best way. ”
  • Erin Malone Turner:
    15 Oct. 2021
    “ I got to see a staged reading of this at Kitchen Dog Theater, and it has haunted me since then in the best way. It's one of the most heart-wrenching two-handers I've ever experienced. An exquisite diorama of reaching out in loneliness, the intimacy of trading stories & secrets, and what the world could have to offer at the end of it. It's funny, desperate, rich, and clings to hope / joy / wonder. This play is a gift. ”
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Tuesday
Weeks
A rabbit puppet

Tuesday and Weeks have been intentionally written gender neutrally, however, neither should be cis-gender male. Both characters could be any race, however, they should not both be white. They can be played by women, gender queer, trans*, masc of center, femme of center, and/or non-binary folkx. Considering they are the only representatives of this world, they should represent, as much as they can, a difference in body type, age range, race and ethnicity, able-ness, gender expression, etc.

A note about the rabbit. The rabbit is a puppet. The puppet does not have to be a realistic representation of a rabbit. My favorite puppet was a simple articulated, cardboard puppet.

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Hub Theatre
    ,
    2019
  • Reading
    ,
    University of Iowa New Play Festival
    ,
    2018
  • Workshop
    ,
    NNPN/Kennedy Center MFA Workshop
    ,
    2018

Production History

  • University
    ,
    University of Iowa Workshop Production
    ,
    2018

Awards

Finalist
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Leah Ryan FEWW
,
2019
Semi-Finalist
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O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
,
2019