10 Minute comedy, selected for the Midwest dramatists Conference 2024. The last two men on earth - a witty, urbane homosexual and a desperate incel with a crush on the last surviving woman, struggle to convince her to take them with her after their food supply runs out.
10 Minute comedy, selected for the Midwest dramatists Conference 2024. The last two men on earth - a witty, urbane homosexual and a desperate incel with a crush on the last surviving woman, struggle to convince her to take them with her after their food supply runs out.
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The Last Man on Earth
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Annie Considine:
The Last Man on Earth
by Arthur M Jolly
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I saw this piece read at the Midwest Dramatists Conference and was delighted at the premise of a virus that drove men to destroy civilization, spurring the conundrum of trying to figure out if Tyson is infected or just a delusional man-child who stalks a woman endlessly. A fun, stays-with-you apocalyptic satire.
I saw this piece read at the Midwest Dramatists Conference and was delighted at the premise of a virus that drove men to destroy civilization, spurring the conundrum of trying to figure out if Tyson is infected or just a delusional man-child who stalks a woman endlessly. A fun, stays-with-you apocalyptic satire.
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Scott Sickles:
The Last Man on Earth
by Arthur M Jolly
“
Jolly has taken metaphoric misogeny to a glorious extreme with this post-apocalyptic rage-virus nail-biter. Waht the virus does is bad enough, but in some ways some guys are already at the nadir (or apex?) of male entitlement. The play perferctly captures the male entitlement of the incel. Sadly, there are two "last men" and the one who's an ally to women might not stay that way if infected. An intense examination of sexual poltics, rape culture, and the complexities of mercy.
Jolly has taken metaphoric misogeny to a glorious extreme with this post-apocalyptic rage-virus nail-biter. Waht the virus does is bad enough, but in some ways some guys are already at the nadir (or apex?) of male entitlement. The play perferctly captures the male entitlement of the incel. Sadly, there are two "last men" and the one who's an ally to women might not stay that way if infected. An intense examination of sexual poltics, rape culture, and the complexities of mercy.
