The Mama and the Papa

by Rex McGregor

June 25, 1967: the night of the first live international satellite television broadcast. The Beatles have just sung “All You Need Is Love” to a worldwide audience. Hippie culture is sweeping the globe. Mama Nature celebrates in a San Francisco bar. But someone isn’t happy.

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Sam Heyman: The Mama and the Papa by Rex McGregor

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With The Mama and the Papa, Rex McGregor has created an uproariously divine two-hander. The voices are so specific, the banter practically sings, and the jokes are multiple laughs a minute. It’s no surprise that this short has had so much success! Bravo!

With The Mama and the Papa, Rex McGregor has created an uproariously divine two-hander. The voices are so specific, the banter practically sings, and the jokes are multiple laughs a minute. It’s no surprise that this short has had so much success! Bravo!

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Ian Thal: The Mama and the Papa by Rex McGregor

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Rex McGregor's THE MAMA AND THE PAPA is psychedelic satire about God and Mother Nature meeting in the midst of the 1960s counter-culture fueled by free-love, marijuana, LSD, and the Beatles, but it's also a debate about reproductive choice, the environment and pharmaceuticals!

Rex McGregor's THE MAMA AND THE PAPA is psychedelic satire about God and Mother Nature meeting in the midst of the 1960s counter-culture fueled by free-love, marijuana, LSD, and the Beatles, but it's also a debate about reproductive choice, the environment and pharmaceuticals!

”
Cheryl Bear: The Mama and the Papa by Rex McGregor

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It's a world of love sweeping the globe, but someone isn't taking it well! Funny and well done!

It's a world of love sweeping the globe, but someone isn't taking it well! Funny and well done!

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Character Information

MAMA NATURE

Character Age

mature or senior

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Female
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Female,
  
  Non-binary
PAPA

Character Age

mature or senior

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Male
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  40s,
  
  50s,
  
  60s,
  
  70s+
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Male

Development History

Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Circle, Bread & Roses Theatre, London, Year 2024
Type Reading, Organization Atlanta Dramatists, Atlanta, Georgia, Year 2024
Type Reading, Organization The a Chronicles, Charles MacKay Studio, The National Opera Center, New York, NY, Year 2023
Type Reading, Organization Alone in the Universe, Literary and Discourse Society, Exeter, UK, Year 2023
Type Reading, Organization Moving Parts, Paris, France, Year 2022
Type Reading, Organization Anything Goes! Theatre Lab, ANDTheatre Company, New York, NY, Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization Tiger’s Heart Players, New York, NY, Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization P.A.G.E.S., New York, NY, Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization Dunne's Downtime Players, Eldersburg, Maryland, Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization Pillow Talk, Theatre Unmasked, New York, NY, Year 2021
Type Reading, Organization LA Play Reading, Los Angeles, California, Year 2021

Production History

Type Fringe, Organization (audio recording) What A Story! WPKN.org, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Year 2023
Type Community Theater, Organization Mid-Winter Escape, Hokitika Dramatic Society, Old Lodge Theatre, Hokitika, New Zealand, Year 2022
Type Fringe, Organization (audio recording) Lights Up! podcast, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Year 2022
Type Fringe, Organization 6’10 : A Showcase of African American Theater, Smoked Apple Theatre Group, Louisville, Kentucky, Year 2015