People Eater

Co-Written with Kero C. Dylan

A group of strangers are trapped in a basement when tragedy strikes - while a beast hunts them from outside; their fantasies, boredom, and curiosity eats away at them.

Copyright, Dylan D. Davis 2024

A group of strangers are trapped in a basement when tragedy strikes - while a beast hunts them from outside; their fantasies, boredom, and curiosity eats away at them.

Copyright, Dylan D. Davis 2024

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People Eater

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  • Greg Mandryk: People Eater

    If you're disappointed by the lack of kaiju in theatre, People Eater by Kero C. Dylan is the short play you've been looking for! While a monster rages outside destroying the city, three survivors huddle together in a basement in an attempt to wait out the destruction while struggling to maintain their sanity. Oh, but they don't struggle very well! They don't struggle very well at all! Dylan does a fantastic job of conveying the characters' mental breakdowns with shocking visuals and some gory, hallucinogenic sequences that I'd love to see some special effects makeup wizard try to pull off.

    If you're disappointed by the lack of kaiju in theatre, People Eater by Kero C. Dylan is the short play you've been looking for! While a monster rages outside destroying the city, three survivors huddle together in a basement in an attempt to wait out the destruction while struggling to maintain their sanity. Oh, but they don't struggle very well! They don't struggle very well at all! Dylan does a fantastic job of conveying the characters' mental breakdowns with shocking visuals and some gory, hallucinogenic sequences that I'd love to see some special effects makeup wizard try to pull off.

CHARACTERS:

ONE (any age / gender)

TWO (any age / gender)

THREE (any age / gender)

VOICE FROM OUTSIDE (any age / gender)

VOICE ON THE PHONE (any age / gender)

“KRAKEN” (never seen)


NOTES ON CHARACTERS: The characters VOICE FROM OUTSIDE and VOICE ON THE PHONE never appear in the flesh. VOICE ON THE PHONE could (and probably should) appear only as a recording / audio. VOICE FROM OUTSIDE should be played by a living, breathing human. The amount of them seen is entirely up to the director, though they never enter the basement.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Second Hand Henry Productions, Year 2024
  • Type Workshop, Organization Second Hand Henry Productions, Year 2024

Production History

  • Type University, Organization College of Charleston, Year 2025