Shark Week (short play)

by Erika Phoebus

Kyri and Alex are synced. Like literally. They always get their periods at the same time. But Kyri’s got a secret, and it’s going to take a post-storm ocean, forgotten tampons, and a little help from a drag queen shark, to finally be able to say what’s right for her body and for her life.

Kyri and Alex are synced. Like literally. They always get their periods at the same time. But Kyri’s got a secret, and it’s going to take a post-storm ocean, forgotten tampons, and a little help from a drag queen shark, to finally be able to say what’s right for her body and for her life.

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Shark Week (short play)

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  • Emmet L.F. Cameron: Shark Week (short play) by Erika Phoebus
    “

    This is such a different, stunning, funny, poetic, & real take on a teen pregnancy plot. Would be fantastic as a festival piece for young actors.

    This is such a different, stunning, funny, poetic, & real take on a teen pregnancy plot. Would be fantastic as a festival piece for young actors.

    ”
  • Lee R. Lawing: Shark Week (short play) by Erika Phoebus
    “

    What a great play! Imaginative and dream-like and yet the pieces fit tougher seamlessly. With out country out of control and stepping back in time to take more and more rights away from women and from letting them decide what is right for their bodies and for themselves, Phoebus gives us a play abut hope and setting the course back on track and the importance of fighting for those rights to let women have that say in what is best for them.

    What a great play! Imaginative and dream-like and yet the pieces fit tougher seamlessly. With out country out of control and stepping back in time to take more and more rights away from women and from letting them decide what is right for their bodies and for themselves, Phoebus gives us a play abut hope and setting the course back on track and the importance of fighting for those rights to let women have that say in what is best for them.

    ”
  • Dan Caffrey: Shark Week (short play) by Erika Phoebus
    “

    So much greatness going on here, from how friendship gets complicated by seismic life events to the messiness of teen romance to one of the best anthropomorphic sharks to ever grace the stage. Thoughtful, inventive, moving, surprising, and just a ton of fun!

    So much greatness going on here, from how friendship gets complicated by seismic life events to the messiness of teen romance to one of the best anthropomorphic sharks to ever grace the stage. Thoughtful, inventive, moving, surprising, and just a ton of fun!

    ”
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Development History

  • Reading, Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival, 2022

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