Fed up with the day to day humiliation of their “act,” a walrus tries to convince her complacent walrus boyfriend to escape from the “SeaLife Aquarium” in Tallahassee.
Fed up with the day to day humiliation of their “act,” a walrus tries to convince her complacent walrus boyfriend to escape from the “SeaLife Aquarium” in Tallahassee.
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Jolly Wally
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Jolly Wally
by Chris Widney
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Born free but now imprisoned in a Florida aquarium, two walruses perform for mobile-phone-camera-wielding seniors. One, defiant, dreams of freedom & plans her escape while her more docile pool mate obediently goes through the motions on the instructions of their trainer. A characterful three hander with the poignancy of Boxer’s end in Animal Farm in its denouement.
Born free but now imprisoned in a Florida aquarium, two walruses perform for mobile-phone-camera-wielding seniors. One, defiant, dreams of freedom & plans her escape while her more docile pool mate obediently goes through the motions on the instructions of their trainer. A characterful three hander with the poignancy of Boxer’s end in Animal Farm in its denouement.
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Awards
Saving Endangered Species International Playwriting Prize