Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

Up in their attic, sisters Josephine and Henrietta create a new sister for their family; she's monstrous and violent and embodies everything they've dreamed of: the rage of children, the fury of girls.
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Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

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  • Ky Weeks:
    23 Aug. 2021
    The delightfully whimsical mess and chaos and violence and pain present within this play is infectious. Every shocking act that occurs feels so honest and real that it might be easy to forget how wild they are, except Collier doesn't let us forget. The way the young main characters interact with the space around them and exist as the fullest, angriest, most unhinged versions of themselves despite the Adult's attempts to stop them are so true of childhood... until they themselves become the Adults. A pure feast of images and ideas.
  • Brian James Polak:
    16 May. 2021
    I love Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King. This play, to me, is about repression, rebellion, agency, and trauma. I found it darkly hilarious and quite moving.
  • Chandler Hubbard:
    5 Apr. 2021
    Takes a bite right out of you and doesn't stop until it's done digesting. A delightful and brutal meditation on womanhood, hunger and grief.

Character Information

  • Josephine
    the older sister.
    a kid in act one, an adult in act two.
  • Henrietta
    the younger sister.
    a kid in act one, an adult in act two.
  • Daisy Violet
    the youngest sister.
    also, a monster.
  • The Adult
    a shape-shifting Adult
    or a series of Adults
    saying oppressive things
    and facing consequences...

Development History

Production History

  • University
    ,
    [performance @ new college], New College of Florida
    ,
    2020
  • University
    ,
    UC Davis Ground and Field Festival
    ,
    2018

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