Felicia
A college student. Healthy thin. Has body dysmorphic disorder. A purger.
Character Age
Early 20s
Character Race/Ethnic Identity
Any
The Food Monologues
by Kerri Kochanski
"FEW PLAYWRIGHTS SEEM WILLING TO TACKLE AN ENTIRE EVENING OF THIS TOPIC." - Byrne Harrison, The Off-Off Broadway Review
FULL-LENGTH. THE FOOD MONOLOGUES explores women's love/hate relationships and obsessions with food and body image. Themes include: dieting, eating disorders, disordered eating, weight loss/gain, body shame, and societal expectations and perceptions about women & beauty. The play features an...
"FEW PLAYWRIGHTS SEEM WILLING TO TACKLE AN ENTIRE EVENING OF THIS TOPIC." - Byrne Harrison, The Off-Off Broadway Review
FULL-LENGTH. THE FOOD MONOLOGUES explores women's love/hate relationships and obsessions with food and body image. Themes include: dieting, eating disorders, disordered eating, weight loss/gain, body shame, and societal expectations and perceptions about women & beauty. The play features an actual food binge (& other eating processes), and includes audience interaction and participation.
Monologues, interspersed with ensemble-driven scenes.
A Tragic Vaudeville.
ALL-FEMALE. (13F)
Monologues from the play are published in the following books:
Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays (Meriwether, 2004)
Audition Arsenal for Women in Their 30's (Smith & Kraus, 2005)
Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays: Volume II (Meriwether, 2008)
To view the author storyboard for the play, visit: https://www.pinterest.com/kerrikochanski/play-the-food-monologues/
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