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Cäterwäul by Dominica Plummer

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  • Aly Kantor:
    5 Dec. 2023
    “ There is so much delightful specificity in the characters in this play, with all the oddly self-conscious candor of a high school student. The revolving door of increasingly colorful characters made this into an engaging and fast-moving glimpse into a very tense and snowy night! The stakes keep rising as the chaos escalates, but it's all tied up with a ridiculous turn of fate that had me laughing out loud! A fun piece that will showcase the talented high school-aged actors in any ensemble! ”
  • Claudia Haas:
    20 Feb. 2023
    “ A death metal band and umlauts. That’s an irresistible combination that can’t be beat. Add in a snowstorm, some punk, a smart-alecky kid, and a smarter-than smart goth teen and you have a musical confection that defies definition. A quirky comedy for teens that just needs a stage. ”
  • Daniel Prillaman:
    23 Jan. 2023
    “ Somebody said once that "teenagers scare the living shit out of me." They've clearly had run-ins with the eclectic and ambitious metalheads of Plummer's "Cäterwäul," who've, in turn, clearly never had run-ins with umlauts. This is glorious chaos. But be warned, it's so infectious that you might stärt using umlauts yourself. You cän never have too many umläuts, right? If you're täking the band seriöusly, if yöu cäre aboüt the bänd, then yöü shöüld be üsing äs mäny äs yöü cän.

    Ümläüts! ”
  • Emily McClain:
    15 Jan. 2023
    “ The deep sincerity all the teen characters have in this short play is matched only by the triviality of their situation- and Dominica Plummer understands the intensity of teen emotions and utilizes that understanding to great effect. Sadly, weather and circumstances prevent us from getting to hear the band actually play (perhaps that's for the best?) but given the size of the egos involved in the arguments in the bandroom waiting to go on and perform, we would have been in for a real trip! Great work! ”
  • Scott Sickles:
    10 Jan. 2023
    “ It's the umlauts that'll get ya. You think you're being cool with the Germanic punctuation accents that you think are Nordic but aren't but then someone comes along and they know...

    They know...

    Plummer delightfully skewers teen naiveté about music, show business, life, love, and punctuation while celebrating the wisdom of hard-won experience and the delicious sadism of parentally imparting those lessons on the aforementioned arrogant adolescent artistes.

    The characters and interplay are sheer joy. And who doesn't love a play about teen Death Metal bands in New England! ”
  • Steven G. Martin:
    6 Jan. 2023
    “ Dominica Plummer has a beautiful grasp of characters' voices, and the ones in "Cäterwäul" are very specific: young (older teens), regional (Northeast U.S.), and passionate about music, (death metal).

    Plummer knows these characters and knows exactly what characters and situations will bring out the worst in them: their parents (older and equally passionate about music) and being kept from playing music. It's such a strong setup and execution. ”
  • Paul Donnelly:
    1 Jan. 2023
    “ An aspiring death metal band has to deal with a blizzard of disappointments and surprises as well as an actual blizzard. Can the dream survive? Read, better yet produce, this play to get the amusing answer. ”
  • Paul Donnelly:
    1 Jan. 2023
    “ An aspiring death metal band has to deal with a blizzard of disappointments and surprises as well as an actual blizzard. Can the dream survive? Read, better yet produce, this play to get the amusing answer. ”
  • Paul Donnelly:
    1 Jan. 2023
    “ An aspiring death metal band has to deal with a blizzard of disappointments and surprises as well as an actual blizzard. Can the dream survive? Read, better yet produce, this play to get the amusing answer. ”
  • Adam Richter:
    1 Jan. 2023
    “ And you thought the Beatles had problems. Their dysfunction is nothing like what's happening with Cäterwäul. Dominica Plummer's short and hilarious comedy shows us a band on the verge of making it big — if not for a blizzard that shut down their high school gym. When the parents show up, revealing how cool THEY used to be, the comedy gets turned up to 11.
    "Cäterwäul" rocks. As to whether Cäterwäul gets a chance to rock: That depends on the weather.
    \m/ ”

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