Fawnbook

by Ayun Halliday

A dark, pre-apocalyptic comedy unfolding in a post-digital settlement inhabited by three unrelated middle-aged women and three teenaged boys. As the characters busy themselves with farming, found LPs and chance encounters with wildlife, a series of catastrophes ravage nearby communities. The script is drawn entirely from social media comments, recasting the new millennium's trite language of consolation into...

A dark, pre-apocalyptic comedy unfolding in a post-digital settlement inhabited by three unrelated middle-aged women and three teenaged boys. As the characters busy themselves with farming, found LPs and chance encounters with wildlife, a series of catastrophes ravage nearby communities. The script is drawn entirely from social media comments, recasting the new millennium's trite language of consolation into something spoken and strange. Like. Like. Heart emoticon. Like.

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Fawnbook

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization The Bad Theater Fest, Year 2015

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization The Brick (Producer: Gemini Collisionworks, Year 2015
  • Type Professional, Organization The Brick (Producer: Gemini Collisionworks, Year 2015

Awards

  • Nominee, Outstanding Original Short Script
    New York Innovative Theater Awards
    2016