Everything, Devoured

by Katherine Gwynn

Ronald Reagan is a demon. Ronald Reagan is a drag queen. Ronald Reagan is here, queer, and ready to eat you alive.

Or: when Kore tells Julian, her lover, Dante, her best friend, and Michael, a ghost who died in 1989, that she wants to summon a demon, they all just think it’s a way to cope with a burning world–until Ronald Reagan as a demon as a Drag Queen shows up, ready to make them all face their demons....

Ronald Reagan is a demon. Ronald Reagan is a drag queen. Ronald Reagan is here, queer, and ready to eat you alive.

Or: when Kore tells Julian, her lover, Dante, her best friend, and Michael, a ghost who died in 1989, that she wants to summon a demon, they all just think it’s a way to cope with a burning world–until Ronald Reagan as a demon as a Drag Queen shows up, ready to make them all face their demons.

'Everything, Devoured' is a ghost story, a drag show, a summoning and an exorcism, spilling over with blood and hope

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  • Hallie Palladino: Everything, Devoured by Katherine Gwynn
    “

    This play is hilarious and packs a punch. Katherine's imagination and the play's premise is just the right mix of dangerous, playful, political, and surprising. I got to hear this play when it was in development at A Red Orchid's "Orchid Studio" and I have been a huge fan of it from the start.

    This play is hilarious and packs a punch. Katherine's imagination and the play's premise is just the right mix of dangerous, playful, political, and surprising. I got to hear this play when it was in development at A Red Orchid's "Orchid Studio" and I have been a huge fan of it from the start.

    ”
  • Ky Weeks: Everything, Devoured by Katherine Gwynn
    “

    I love it when a play asserts itself with a forceful intensity, and that's exactly what Gwynn presents for us here. The conflicts surrounding revolution and liberation are shown with a distinct sense of style, the supernatural blending in seamlessly with the urgency of the subject matter. A sharp reminder from us all of the dangers of reaching across class lines... or whatever lines separate this material reality from the next.

    I love it when a play asserts itself with a forceful intensity, and that's exactly what Gwynn presents for us here. The conflicts surrounding revolution and liberation are shown with a distinct sense of style, the supernatural blending in seamlessly with the urgency of the subject matter. A sharp reminder from us all of the dangers of reaching across class lines... or whatever lines separate this material reality from the next.

    ”
  • Omer Abbas Salem: Everything, Devoured by Katherine Gwynn
    “

    What an exciting, wild wild wild play! It's queer, it's so very now, it's poignant and trippy. The emotional integrity drips from every page. I love it! Someone should produce this ASAP.

    What an exciting, wild wild wild play! It's queer, it's so very now, it's poignant and trippy. The emotional integrity drips from every page. I love it! Someone should produce this ASAP.

    ”
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Character Information

KORE: non-black (maybe white but maybe not) trans woman. Works as a receptionist somewhere
blandly non-descript. Late 20s-early 30s. A Scorpio. She/her

JULIAN: non-binary lesbian social worker. Open race ethnicity. Kore’s partner. Late 20s-early 30s. A Taurus. They/them.

DANTE: brown trans masc anarchist barista. Late 20s-early 30s. A Cancer. He/they

MICHAEL: a gay black man who died in 1989 in KORE’s apt. Died in his late 20s/early 30s. Also a Scorpio. He/him.

RONALD REAGAN AS A DEMON: what it says on the tin. Once Ronald Reagan. Now a demon. Performing as the most fascinating and disgusting Drag Queen you’ve ever seen. He says he doesn’t have pronouns
  • KORE
    Works as a receptionist somewhere blandly non-descript. A Scorpio. She/her
    Late 20s-early 30s
    Trans woman
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American,
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • JULIAN
    non-binary lesbian social worker. Kore’s partner. A Taurus. They/them.
    Late 20s-early 30s
    Any
    Non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Non-binary
  • DANTE
    brown trans masc anarchist barista. A Cancer. He/they
    Late 20s-early 30s
    BIPOC
    Trans man
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • MICHAEL
    a gay black man who died in 1989 in KORE’s apt. Also a Scorpio. He/him
    Late 20s-early 30s
    African American/Black
    Cis male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • RONALD REAGAN AS A DEMON
    what it says on the tin. Once Ronald Reagan. Now a demon. Performing as the most fascinating and disgusting Drag Queen you’ve ever seen. He says he doesn’t have pronouns.
    any age
    White
    Cis male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+

Development History

  • Reading, The Understudy, Freshly Brewed, 2024

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