Half World

by Sean Swenson

Half World is a play about loneliness, the treacherous hive mind of the internet, and the consequences of writing gay fan fiction with your best friend.

Half World is a play about loneliness, the treacherous hive mind of the internet, and the consequences of writing gay fan fiction with your best friend.

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Half World

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    Half world is a delightful (and confronting) look at what happens when content becomes an identity and the consumer becomes the consumed. And like... we've all been there... right?

    Half world is a delightful (and confronting) look at what happens when content becomes an identity and the consumer becomes the consumed. And like... we've all been there... right?

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  • Lee Harrison Daniel: Half World by Sean Swenson
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    Half World is a play for prophets. A play for people who are Logged On. A play that made me flinch and then laugh about it and then flinch again. Read it! Produce it!

    Half World is a play for prophets. A play for people who are Logged On. A play that made me flinch and then laugh about it and then flinch again. Read it! Produce it!

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Character Information

  • IZZY
    (they/them.) 29, acts younger. Prophet, madwoman, a little spectrum-y…
    Writes pretty graphic fanfiction but is also kind of a prude?
    White, from Texas.
  • BIANCA
    (she/her.) 24, kind of emo, bright and intense. Visual artist.
    Fat, plus-size, whatever you want to call it.
    Not white. From California.
  • PHIL
    (he/him.) that guy — he was in that thing…what was it…?
    White guy from Buffalo or something. 36.
    Likeable in a disarming way. Plays ELLIOT LOVBERG.
  • CHORUS 1-3
    The internet. Plays various one-off roles of:

    ONE: Customer Service Rep, Aspiring TV Writer, & Hedda.
    TWO: Lexi & Director.
    THREE: Dissenter & Michael.

Development History

  • Reading, Honigman & Sons, East Village Basement, October 2024
  • Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, April 2024

Awards

  • Distinguished Achievement, Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting
    American College Theater Festival
    2025
  • National Playwrights Conference
    Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
    Semi-Finalist
    2025