Pluck

Fourteen year-old Cleo and Bea are twins. Cleo can't stop running away from womanhood. Bea can't stop running away, period. A play about gender dysphoria, twins, and (as always) monsters.

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  • Abraham Johnson:
    2 Nov. 2022
    Dark, dangerous, sharp, and just scandalous enough to keep us on our toes, I adore this monstrous play. The twins are fascinating in their toxic, razor's edge intimacy. Cleo's relationship with gender dysphoria is refreshing, subtle, and expertly buried underneath the scandal of the chatroom scenes. Those chatroom scenes, too, feel at once dangerous and dramaturgically thrilling. Jesus, I'll be thinking about this play for a while. Excellent, excellent, excellent.
  • Nick Malakhow:
    24 Aug. 2022
    Beautifully done coming of age play that explores gender, gender identity, self image, body image, and the intersection of those things with adolescence. Jan Rosenberg mixes realistic and potent and poignant scenes with some fantastical and theatrically heightened elements to create an aesthetically cohesive and original play. Eager to see the development trajectory of this piece and a production of it up on its feet!
  • Shaun Leisher:
    16 Aug. 2022
    Rosenberg has a gift for writing teenagers. Loved this coming-of-age, horror play.

Character Information

  • Lenny
    30s-40s,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Guidance counselor. Also plays DADDY SAYZ, CIRCUS FREAK, and TYLER. Queer.
  • Jessie
    35,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    The twins' mother.
  • Fox
    14,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Super nerdy, super smart.
  • Cleo
    14,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    Can be played by AFAB non-binary performer. Questioning her/their gender. Bea’s twin.
  • Bea
    14,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    Cleo's Twin.

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