Pilloried

by Jillian Blevins

10-MINUTE MEDIEVAL COMEDY. Wilkin and Doxy are locked in the pillory awaiting sunrise, and the punishing humiliation that will follow. While Wilkin prays for a reprieve from the public shaming, Doxy takes a more philosophical view.

WINNER, 49th SAMUEL FRENCH OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL

10-MINUTE MEDIEVAL COMEDY. Wilkin and Doxy are locked in the pillory awaiting sunrise, and the punishing humiliation that will follow. While Wilkin prays for a reprieve from the public shaming, Doxy takes a more philosophical view.

WINNER, 49th SAMUEL FRENCH OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL

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  • John Busser: Pilloried

    A well-deserved winner of the Sam French OOB, Jillian Blevins manages to not only make us laugh, but teaches us something we'd all do well to remember about our own sense of self worth. Doxy and Wilkin make a great comedy team in the best sense. Wilkin's straight man (even if he physically can't be one) perfectly complements Doxy's "Devil-May-Care" foil who isn't about to let a thing like waking up in a pillory ruin her day. But I just hope she hasn't started a public trend for squeezing cheese.

    A well-deserved winner of the Sam French OOB, Jillian Blevins manages to not only make us laugh, but teaches us something we'd all do well to remember about our own sense of self worth. Doxy and Wilkin make a great comedy team in the best sense. Wilkin's straight man (even if he physically can't be one) perfectly complements Doxy's "Devil-May-Care" foil who isn't about to let a thing like waking up in a pillory ruin her day. But I just hope she hasn't started a public trend for squeezing cheese.

  • Shaun Leisher: Pilloried

    A hilarious short play about getting over shame and looking at the bright side of a bad situation. Great piece for two comedic actors.

    A hilarious short play about getting over shame and looking at the bright side of a bad situation. Great piece for two comedic actors.

  • Francis RTM Boyle: Pilloried

    Doxy is a less refined Eleanor Roosevelt, who once declared that "No one can make you feel inferior without your own consent." We live in an era of random stocks-er-pillories, and we're all guilty of something, so let's take Doxy's advice and fart as loud as we can.

    Pilloried is a fine example of wisdom arriving at the strangest of times and the most unlikely of people. Very well done, and no surprise that it won the OOB New Play Festival.

    Very proud to say of Jillian that I knew her when!

    Doxy is a less refined Eleanor Roosevelt, who once declared that "No one can make you feel inferior without your own consent." We live in an era of random stocks-er-pillories, and we're all guilty of something, so let's take Doxy's advice and fart as loud as we can.

    Pilloried is a fine example of wisdom arriving at the strangest of times and the most unlikely of people. Very well done, and no surprise that it won the OOB New Play Festival.

    Very proud to say of Jillian that I knew her when!

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Character Information

  • DOXY GADABOUT
    Hard to tell just how old she is. Could be a rough twenty, a well-preserved fifty or anywhere in between. Filthy in all ways.
    Character Gender Identity
    She/her
  • WILKIN
    Full of shame. Any age.
    Character Gender Identity
    he/him

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Ski Patrol Productions, Year 2023

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