Consider the Oyster by David MacGregor

Full-length. "Consider the Oyster" is a comedy based on the facts that doctors are now using oyster shells to repair human bone and all oysters are born male and turn female. After shattering his femur during a Super Bowl celebration, our newly engaged protagonist undergoes such a procedure and then gradually realizes that he is turning into a woman. Can true love withstand a little thing like...
Full-length. "Consider the Oyster" is a comedy based on the facts that doctors are now using oyster shells to repair human bone and all oysters are born male and turn female. After shattering his femur during a Super Bowl celebration, our newly engaged protagonist undergoes such a procedure and then gradually realizes that he is turning into a woman. Can true love withstand a little thing like gender change, and what does it really mean to love someone?
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Consider the Oyster

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GENE/JEAN WALSH - In his/her late 20s, early 30s. (NOTE: GENE/JEAN can be played by a male or female actor throughout, or by a male actor in Act One and a female actor in Act Two.)
ELIOT PALLONE - GENE's roommate, around the same age.
MARISA CARTER - GENE's fiancée, around the same age.
KAY CARTER - MARISA's mother, in her late 40s, early 50s.

Development History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Purple Rose Theatre Company
    ,
    2011

Production History

  • University
    ,
    Kent State University (North Canton, OH)
    ,
    2018
  • University
    ,
    National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan, Province of China)
    ,
    2018
  • University
    ,
    Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)
    ,
    2017
  • University
    ,
    University of Toronto (Scarborough, ON)
    ,
    2017
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Clarkston Village Players (Clarkston, MI)
    ,
    2017
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Footlight Players (Michigan City, IN)
    ,
    2015
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Georgetown Little Theatre (Georgetown, ON)
    ,
    2015
  • University
    ,
    Boise State University (Boise, ID)
    ,
    2014
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Carpenter Square Theatre (Oklahoma City, OK)
    ,
    2014
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Carol Players (Labrador City, Newfoundland)
    ,
    2014
  • Professional
    ,
    Aurora Fox Theatre (Aurora, CO)
    ,
    2013
  • Professional
    ,
    OUTWright Theatre Festival (Portland, OR)
    ,
    2013
  • Professional
    ,
    Purple Rose Theatre (Chelsea, MI)
    ,
    2011

Awards

Best New Play
,
Rogue Critic
,
2011