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 3 Chicago queers, a ghost who died in 1989, and a satanic summoning collide in Kore's studio apartment, their demons come out with a knife held to their throats--daring them to survive.

Everything, Devoured is part ghost story, part drag show, part summoning and part exorcism, spilling...

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

Or: when 3 Chicago queers, a ghost who died in 1989, and a satanic summoning collide in Kore's studio apartment, their demons come out with a knife held to their throats--daring them to survive.

Everything, Devoured is part ghost story, part drag show, part summoning and part exorcism, spilling over with blood and hope.

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Everything, Devoured

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  • 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.

    ”
  • Abraham Johnson: Everything, Devoured by Katherine Gwynn
    “

    A wildly queer firestorm of a play that hums with rich dramaturgy, spooky trans excellence, and a thrillingly theatrical deconstruction of Reagan's apocalyptic capitalism. Gwynn is a rip-roaring, fearless voice for our moment. There are so many lines in this play that genuinely made me gasp in their brave, full-throated rage at the 2024 America we all live in. Twisted in the best possible way. Not to mention the campy, glittery, survivalist climax? A gorgeous play to produce in the drag-club-post-capitalist-bunkers we could be living in soon

    A wildly queer firestorm of a play that hums with rich dramaturgy, spooky trans excellence, and a thrillingly theatrical deconstruction of Reagan's apocalyptic capitalism. Gwynn is a rip-roaring, fearless voice for our moment. There are so many lines in this play that genuinely made me gasp in their brave, full-throated rage at the 2024 America we all live in. Twisted in the best possible way. Not to mention the campy, glittery, survivalist climax? A gorgeous play to produce in the drag-club-post-capitalist-bunkers we could be living in soon

    ”
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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
    non-black (maybe white but maybe not)
    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
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • JULIAN
    non-binary lesbian social worker. Kore’s partner. A Taurus. They/them.
    Late 20s-early 30s
    Any Race or ethnicity
    non-binary lesbian
    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
    Any non-white race/ethnicity
    trans masc
    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
      Male,
      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 / African American / Black
    Cis Man
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      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
    a cis man
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+

Development History

  • Reading, The Understudy, Freshly Brewed, 2024