Pigcat

by Steven Bogart

Two act drama, Freddy, a young teenage boy, struggles with the fact that his mother abandoned him a year ago and left him with her alcoholic and abusive partner, Vic. Vic, who has an older son, Bobby, makes no secret of the fact that Freddy’s mother abandoned him and that Freddy is entirely dependent on Vic for his living.

Freddy escapes into his imagination, in which he is a fierce character, Pigcat, who is...

Two act drama, Freddy, a young teenage boy, struggles with the fact that his mother abandoned him a year ago and left him with her alcoholic and abusive partner, Vic. Vic, who has an older son, Bobby, makes no secret of the fact that Freddy’s mother abandoned him and that Freddy is entirely dependent on Vic for his living.

Freddy escapes into his imagination, in which he is a fierce character, Pigcat, who is bigger and stronger then Freddy will ever be. He is aided by the character Willyboar, who appears in his dreams when Freddy needs his mother the most.

But all is not as it seems with his mother’s disappearance as Freddy finds out as this drama comes to a climax in this chilling play.

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Pigcat

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  • Angels Theatre Company: Pigcat

    Steven Bogart's Pigcat was featured as the December reading in Angels Theatre Company's Salon Reading Series. Through a mixture of flashback and magical realism, Bogart places the audience in the mind of a pre-adolescent boy. Using this narrative style allows the audience to experience the action of the play through Freddy’s perspective, demonstrating a profound need for acknowledgement, acceptance, and an unwavering, albeit tragic, sense of hope. Freddy is desperate, with a sense of unease, ungroundedness, and unreliability. However, he also maintains a desperate untenable hope that...

    Steven Bogart's Pigcat was featured as the December reading in Angels Theatre Company's Salon Reading Series. Through a mixture of flashback and magical realism, Bogart places the audience in the mind of a pre-adolescent boy. Using this narrative style allows the audience to experience the action of the play through Freddy’s perspective, demonstrating a profound need for acknowledgement, acceptance, and an unwavering, albeit tragic, sense of hope. Freddy is desperate, with a sense of unease, ungroundedness, and unreliability. However, he also maintains a desperate untenable hope that something--anything will happen to rescue him. Highly recommended.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Angels Theatre Company, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Great Plains Theater Conference, Year 2010

Production History

  • Type High School, Organization Zurich International School, Year 2015

Awards

  • ONeill
    Semi-Finalist
    2009
  • Holland New Voice Award
    Great Plains Theater Conference
    Winner
    2010