THE EGG

by Noah Masterson

Full-length: A deranged CEO who's hellbent on immortality releases a technology that upends the lives of a hacker whose face sprouts feathers, a professor who lays eggs, and the mute street artist caught in the middle.

Full-length: A deranged CEO who's hellbent on immortality releases a technology that upends the lives of a hacker whose face sprouts feathers, a professor who lays eggs, and the mute street artist caught in the middle.

  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Library

THE EGG

Recommended by

  • L.B. Deyo: THE EGG by Noah Masterson
    “

    Asked what he wanted out of going to the theater, Edward Albee said, "To see something I've never seen before." THE EGG achieves this seemingly impossible goal through its imaginative, philosophical and literary power. The language is magnificent, the characters are brilliantly vivid. You'll laugh through your tears.

    Asked what he wanted out of going to the theater, Edward Albee said, "To see something I've never seen before." THE EGG achieves this seemingly impossible goal through its imaginative, philosophical and literary power. The language is magnificent, the characters are brilliantly vivid. You'll laugh through your tears.

    ”
  • Ava Love Hanna: THE EGG by Noah Masterson
    “

    The Egg is a wildly inventive, structurally daring comedy that earns every absurdist flourish. Masterson's writing is precise where it counts and delightfully unhinged everywhere else. This play is a defense of the sacred weirdness and messiness of being human and hides a genuinely tender question inside the joke: what do we protect when the world wants to process everything into data? Incredibly smart writing perfectly blended with heart and absurdity. I can't wait to see this one on stage.

    The Egg is a wildly inventive, structurally daring comedy that earns every absurdist flourish. Masterson's writing is precise where it counts and delightfully unhinged everywhere else. This play is a defense of the sacred weirdness and messiness of being human and hides a genuinely tender question inside the joke: what do we protect when the world wants to process everything into data? Incredibly smart writing perfectly blended with heart and absurdity. I can't wait to see this one on stage.

    ”

Character Information

A cast of eight is sufficient, with an ensemble playing smaller roles and doubling up others. The play can also accommodate a larger cast (like a school production) with less doubling up and with casting actors or puppeteers to play some of the non-human parts (e.g. dolls, an iguana).
  • Mavis
    This character lays eggs. (Really.)
    20s - 40s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • Raymond
    Social misfit, savant.
    20s - 40s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • Chuy
    A mostly mute street artist. The actor should be competent with mime/clowning, but will also have some surprising lines of verse poetry.
    20s - 50s
    Latino
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • Agnes
    Older, exudes confidence.
    40s - 70s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • Falco
    Part bird, part human, indeterminate gender.
    20s
    Any
    Non-binary
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
  • Carrie
    Carrie is a holographic virtual therapist, so things like age and gender are artificial and malleable.
    30s-60s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
  • Hortensia
    30s-40s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Lambast P. Sketch
    50s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • The Dollums (Ensemble)
    Three characters comprise The Dollums, a chorus of dolls whom Agnes consults on major decisions. Actors should bring physicality (e.g. dance, mime, clowning, contortion) to these roles.

    DOOT: Expresses Agnes's thoughts
    AH: Expresses Agnes's feelings
    BOOTAY: Determines Agnes's course of action

    Note: In a smaller ensemble, these could be literal dolls, or puppets.
    20s-70s
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+

Development History

  • Reading, The Zahir Productions, 2026

Production History

  • Community Theater, The Zahir Productions, 2026