The Perfection of the Donut by Jackson Tucker-Meyer

Three decadent dandies (The Honourable Countess Elysia Saint-Jouissance, Lucius Absinthicissus, and Belletristesse DuFoppe) live beauteous lives of idle pleasure in the grimy backroom of a donut shop, huffing flowers, drinking tea, discussing Art, and saying the wittiest things—until the grouchy shop owner, Mister Burp, threatens to throw them out unless they start to *shudder* WORK. The dandies are appalled—...
Three decadent dandies (The Honourable Countess Elysia Saint-Jouissance, Lucius Absinthicissus, and Belletristesse DuFoppe) live beauteous lives of idle pleasure in the grimy backroom of a donut shop, huffing flowers, drinking tea, discussing Art, and saying the wittiest things—until the grouchy shop owner, Mister Burp, threatens to throw them out unless they start to *shudder* WORK. The dandies are appalled—but when they meet the owner’s angsty son, Dude, and are tasked with teaching him how to take care of the place, the dandies and Dude transform each other, fabulously and forevermore. A deeply trivial and seriously frivolous exploration of friendship, beauty, and what it means to create oneself.
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The Perfection of the Donut

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  • Playwrights Foundation:
    30 Apr. 2024
    “ The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced THE PERFECTION OF THE DONUT as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed that this play is about finding yourself and seeing people as they are, not as they "should" be, and and finding those real moments that make us who we are in this crazy world. We felt this play demonstrated a strong, unique voice in style and tone. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46 ”
  • Dave Osmundsen:
    7 May. 2022
    “ So a Samuel D. Hunter play walks into a Taylor Mac play…

    Tucker-Meyer displays a gift for linguistic acrobatics in this charming and delightful comedy about three deeply superficial dandies and a nondescript “Dude” who taps into his inner fabulousness with their help. Unabashedly queer, open-hearted, and delectable as the most scrumptious donut, this play will make you want to be your most fabulous self. ”

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