He Misses

by Patrick Vermillion

*2020 Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist*

College friends Mallory and Tyler seem like the perfect match for platonic roommates. There's only one problem: When Tyler goes to the bathroom, he "misses"

*2020 Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist*

College friends Mallory and Tyler seem like the perfect match for platonic roommates. There's only one problem: When Tyler goes to the bathroom, he "misses"

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  • Roberto Kerry: He Misses

    Funny stuff! Got to see it multiple times, and made me gut-laugh everytime. The playwright has got a real knack for the sort-of absurd comedy. Highly recommend this and the plethora of other plays Patrick has to offer!

    Funny stuff! Got to see it multiple times, and made me gut-laugh everytime. The playwright has got a real knack for the sort-of absurd comedy. Highly recommend this and the plethora of other plays Patrick has to offer!

  • Ava O'Dea: He Misses

    Patrick takes an UNFORTUNATELY REAL/ALREADY KIND OF ABSURD issue and makes it so much more absurd and very, very funny. I've been thinking about Tyler shoving Mallory over to get to the bathroom first and the dramatic ending since I saw it. I'd love to see the different ways one could stage piss flowing out of a bathroom.

    Patrick takes an UNFORTUNATELY REAL/ALREADY KIND OF ABSURD issue and makes it so much more absurd and very, very funny. I've been thinking about Tyler shoving Mallory over to get to the bathroom first and the dramatic ending since I saw it. I'd love to see the different ways one could stage piss flowing out of a bathroom.

  • Charles Scott Jones: He Misses

    This remarkable play explores gender roommate imbalance through a urine crisis. The liquidy crux of HE MISSES is more thought about than talked about - but once brought out into the open - the debate is provocative and messier or more complicated than one might think. Is it a psychological pissing on one's turf that Patrick Vermillon is exploring? Decide for yourself how far to take it. An astute mixture of realism sans bathroom carpets and absurdism, this fine work - it's easy to visualize - would spark various animated audience talkbacks wherever it plays.

    This remarkable play explores gender roommate imbalance through a urine crisis. The liquidy crux of HE MISSES is more thought about than talked about - but once brought out into the open - the debate is provocative and messier or more complicated than one might think. Is it a psychological pissing on one's turf that Patrick Vermillon is exploring? Decide for yourself how far to take it. An astute mixture of realism sans bathroom carpets and absurdism, this fine work - it's easy to visualize - would spark various animated audience talkbacks wherever it plays.

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Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization The Spade NYC, Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization NoMads Art Collective, Year 2019

Awards

  • Samuel French OOB Festival
    Finalist
    2020