Mediocre Heterosexual Sex

by Madison Wetzell

FULL LENGTH: Four hours after her girlfriend dumps her, Erin switches her Tinder setting to dudes because she hates herself. She quickly meets Aaron, who is straight, conveniently nearby, and only too happy to indulge her masochistic fantasies. To translate this deeply ambivalent first hetero experience, Erin seeks the advice of the only straight people she knows, a couple in a Dominant/submissive relationship...

FULL LENGTH: Four hours after her girlfriend dumps her, Erin switches her Tinder setting to dudes because she hates herself. She quickly meets Aaron, who is straight, conveniently nearby, and only too happy to indulge her masochistic fantasies. To translate this deeply ambivalent first hetero experience, Erin seeks the advice of the only straight people she knows, a couple in a Dominant/submissive relationship. A vexed exploration of gender, sex, power, and kink.

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  • Peter Toto: Mediocre Heterosexual Sex

    Genuinely one of my favorite plays of all time! I licensed this play for a reading at my theater and it was very very well received. Brilliant analysis of kink, desire, and power. And so incredibly funny. Each character is so familiar yet so distinct. I'm truly obsessed. This play needs to be produced nationwide.

    Genuinely one of my favorite plays of all time! I licensed this play for a reading at my theater and it was very very well received. Brilliant analysis of kink, desire, and power. And so incredibly funny. Each character is so familiar yet so distinct. I'm truly obsessed. This play needs to be produced nationwide.

  • Nick Malakhow: Mediocre Heterosexual Sex

    This is an incredibly sharp and hilarious piece that manages to be entertaining while having transformative conversations about and explorations of power, intimacy, sex, relationships, agency, consent, and more. Each character is a vividly-rendered individual with a distinct voice and potent wants and needs and insecurities that feed off of and bristle against one another. Erin's a compelling nucleus for the play who is human and easy to sympathize with; at the same time, she is not let off the hook and is at the center of complex interpersonal dynamics with other imperfect, likable, and...

    This is an incredibly sharp and hilarious piece that manages to be entertaining while having transformative conversations about and explorations of power, intimacy, sex, relationships, agency, consent, and more. Each character is a vividly-rendered individual with a distinct voice and potent wants and needs and insecurities that feed off of and bristle against one another. Erin's a compelling nucleus for the play who is human and easy to sympathize with; at the same time, she is not let off the hook and is at the center of complex interpersonal dynamics with other imperfect, likable, and, above all, human people.

  • Samantha Cooper: Mediocre Heterosexual Sex

    This play has a little bit of everything: lightning paced and witty dialogue, great well-rounded parts for the whole cast, thoughtful and honest insights into sex, relationships, gender, and why we want what we want, and a little bit of snack charming. The fluidity between spaces really adds to the fluidity of the discussions of gender and sexuality. I was engaged from the very first moment to the very last moment.

    This play has a little bit of everything: lightning paced and witty dialogue, great well-rounded parts for the whole cast, thoughtful and honest insights into sex, relationships, gender, and why we want what we want, and a little bit of snack charming. The fluidity between spaces really adds to the fluidity of the discussions of gender and sexuality. I was engaged from the very first moment to the very last moment.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Threshold Theater , Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Provincetown Theater, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Z-Space, Problematic Play Festival, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Buffalo United Artists, Year 2023

Awards

  • National Playwrights Conference
    Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
    Semi-Finalist
    2021
  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Finalist
    2021