The Feast

by Celine Song

The dinner guests wait for the host's husband to eat. In their maddening hunger, they devour the latecomer when he finally arrives.

The dinner guests wait for the host's husband to eat. In their maddening hunger, they devour the latecomer when he finally arrives.

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The Feast

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  • Angels Theatre Company: The Feast

    Included in the Angels Theatre Company's Salon Reading Series 2019: Song’s The Feast is an exploration of de-civilization that returns human beings to a primal urge to consume. What is remarkable is not the speed at which civilization breaks down, but the inherent fragility of civilization that holds humanity together. It takes little to crumble the artifice of manners. A crisis of supply and permission to allow one’s mind to wander is all it takes for the events of The Feast to set into motion. And, once in motion, the characters are alternatively unable or unwilling to stop it.

    Included in the Angels Theatre Company's Salon Reading Series 2019: Song’s The Feast is an exploration of de-civilization that returns human beings to a primal urge to consume. What is remarkable is not the speed at which civilization breaks down, but the inherent fragility of civilization that holds humanity together. It takes little to crumble the artifice of manners. A crisis of supply and permission to allow one’s mind to wander is all it takes for the events of The Feast to set into motion. And, once in motion, the characters are alternatively unable or unwilling to stop it.

  • Ellen Koivisto: The Feast

    This is a wonderful, weird, "run as fast as you can to keep up with it" play about what humans are made of and what we do with that information. It is claustrophobic and meaty, and presents us with a dinner party so absurd and awful as to be perfectly reflective of us as a species.

    This is a wonderful, weird, "run as fast as you can to keep up with it" play about what humans are made of and what we do with that information. It is claustrophobic and meaty, and presents us with a dinner party so absurd and awful as to be perfectly reflective of us as a species.

  • Alex Burkart: The Feast

    A delightfully absurdist piece about the ugly urges that exist in society. The playwright does a wonderful job making the world believable, yet true to its heightened permissions. It is definitely a piece that warrants quite a discussion after reading or watching.

    A delightfully absurdist piece about the ugly urges that exist in society. The playwright does a wonderful job making the world believable, yet true to its heightened permissions. It is definitely a piece that warrants quite a discussion after reading or watching.

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization IATI Theater, Year 2015
  • Type Reading, Organization Great Plains Theatre Conference, Year 2014
  • Type Workshop, Organization Theatre That Transcends, Year 2013
  • Type Workshop, Organization Peculiar Streams, Year 2011

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Red Theater, Chicago, Year 2016
  • Type Professional, Organization Shelterbelt Theater, Omaha, Year 2016
  • Type Professional, Organization MAP Theater, Seattle, Year 2015
  • Type University, Organization Columbia University, NYC, Year 2013