Tonya has finally hustled her way to the top, finding social media fame as a vegan health guru into a network TV gig hosting her own cooking show. Now, for her very special 100th episode, Tonya has gathered a live audience and invited a Very Special Guest, her bff Sasha. But when Sasha bails at the last minute, Tonya has to deal with the bomb her friend has dropped and ask herself and her audience whether their relationship to food is as healthy as it seems.

Chop uses the strengths of live theatre to put an intimate and sensory spin on the format of a TV cooking show, while inviting theatre audiences to think of pop cultural figures and social media starlets in a new way: as imperfect, unphotoshopped humans. Tonya, our protagonist, is not your standard TV star. After a chubby childhood, she’s transformed her life to become, in her own words, “not a toothpick… not… extra firm tofu, or-- or like minced onion… more like a nice, hearty chop.” We’ve all heard that the average American woman is a size 14, but we still rarely see these “average” women on our screens, or, let’s be honest, in our theatres. Tonya’s story not only gives voice to a woman who does not fit into the traditional model of beauty, but delves into the complex story of the relationships to food with which we, as a country, are just beginning to grapple. So many Americans live in a place and time of plenty with better access to food than ever before, but through overconsumption, underconsumption, and the moral labeling of ingredients, so many of us still fail to achieve a balanced diet. Tonya’s story speaks to a concern that, while not unique to women, affects women’s bodies in specific and harmful ways, and which intersects with a spectrum of identities, including race, heritage, class, and geography. As new plus size models and body-positive ad campaigns gain mainstream traction in the wake of a country-wide crusade against the obesity epidemic, Chop invites theatregoers to engage with a questions that affect all of us, but on which we often choose to remain silent.

2014 Gary Garrison National 10-Minute Play Award Finalist

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