Those Hollow Bodies

by emma joy hill

In the jungle, K and Ann struggle to find what it means to be full. Meanwhile, the voyeuristic Man gorges himself in the audience, awaiting the impending danger he's bound to commit. A play that explores how bodies are taught to love.

In the jungle, K and Ann struggle to find what it means to be full. Meanwhile, the voyeuristic Man gorges himself in the audience, awaiting the impending danger he's bound to commit. A play that explores how bodies are taught to love.

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Those Hollow Bodies

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  • Lizz Mangan: Those Hollow Bodies

    This pay is gross, vile, and uncomfortable. And it is an experience you will not want to leave, even after you are yelled at to do so in the end. With poetry and a queerness, this play showcases love in the face of trauma. Ann goes through a transformation that seems un-achievable within the 90 minutes of the play. Nevertheless, Emma brings her through one of the best journeys of a character I'v read in recent memory. Read this play, get lost in the jungle, and mourn the loss of innocence along with K and Ann.

    This pay is gross, vile, and uncomfortable. And it is an experience you will not want to leave, even after you are yelled at to do so in the end. With poetry and a queerness, this play showcases love in the face of trauma. Ann goes through a transformation that seems un-achievable within the 90 minutes of the play. Nevertheless, Emma brings her through one of the best journeys of a character I'v read in recent memory. Read this play, get lost in the jungle, and mourn the loss of innocence along with K and Ann.

  • Eddie Vitcavage: Those Hollow Bodies

    One of the most powerful, moving, lyrical, and poetic plays I have ever read. Emma's work transcends the stage and forces her audience to be hyperaware of their compliance with the acts they are witnessing. Truly, a gut-wrenching, powerful examination of love, lust, greed, and empty cases.

    One of the most powerful, moving, lyrical, and poetic plays I have ever read. Emma's work transcends the stage and forces her audience to be hyperaware of their compliance with the acts they are witnessing. Truly, a gut-wrenching, powerful examination of love, lust, greed, and empty cases.

  • Nick Malakhow: Those Hollow Bodies

    This lyrical play is a wrenchingly beautiful theatrical fable. The stage pictures, spare lyricism, and direct but complex visual metaphors all come together in a wonderfully unique and cohesive aesthetic whole. This play was uniquely symbolic/theatrically alienating and emotionally potent all at the same time. Hill explores huge topics--identity, toxic patriarchal structures and culture, and the forces in the world that pit women and femme-identifying folks against one another just to name a few--in an intimate and startling way. While there is much terror and tragedy at the end, K's shift...

    This lyrical play is a wrenchingly beautiful theatrical fable. The stage pictures, spare lyricism, and direct but complex visual metaphors all come together in a wonderfully unique and cohesive aesthetic whole. This play was uniquely symbolic/theatrically alienating and emotionally potent all at the same time. Hill explores huge topics--identity, toxic patriarchal structures and culture, and the forces in the world that pit women and femme-identifying folks against one another just to name a few--in an intimate and startling way. While there is much terror and tragedy at the end, K's shift points mournfully/hopefully towards paradigm shifting.

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Character Information

  • K
    Wears a blazer.
    Open. Nothing underneath.
    Character Age
    adult
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Ann
    Plays the cello.
    Shoes untied.
    Character Age
    young adult (younger than K & the Man)
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Man
    A thief with a Tuba.
    Wears something yellow.
    Is always eating
    something very messy.
    Character Age
    Adult
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Echo Theatre Dallas, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization University of Connecticut, Year 2018
  • Type Workshop, Organization University of Connecticut, Year 2018
  • Type Workshop, Organization University of Connecticut , Year 2017
  • Type Reading, Organization University of Connecticut , Year 2017

Production History

  • Type University, Organization University of Connecticut , Year 2019