Em 'n' Nam by Dana Lynn Formby

All Em wants is to make the best egg sandwich in the history of egg sandwiches. When she enlists her culinary professor Nam to teach her how she learns that everything in the food arts must be done on purpose. As she tries to figure out how to learn correctly it ends up costing her something she didn't know she had.

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Em 'n' Nam

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  • Cheryl Bear:
    5 Jul. 2021
    “ A revealing look at power imbalance and abuse that gets to the heart of the matter. Well done. ”
  • Jason Fliess:
    9 Nov. 2017
    “ Beautiful theatre of the absurd, taking on power imbalances and rape culture and sexual abuse while also, improbably, being extremely funny. I'm a huge fan. ”
  • Hallie Palladino:
    8 Oct. 2017
    “ This play is a terrifying and absurd look at pathological misogyny played out in the most unlikely of classrooms. The play starts dark and gets darker, but it also manages to be deeply entertaining as Formby takes full advantage of the comic possibilities of the heightened world she's created. ”
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Development History

  • Workshop
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    Stage Left
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    2017
  • Reading
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    Chicago Dramatists
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    2016