C.A. Munn

C.A. Munn

C.A. Munn is a multidisciplinary artist and performer based in New Orleans. They received their MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop in 2022. Their plays have been produced by Intramural Theater, the UNO School of the Arts, and Theatre Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi. Their work has also received staged readings at the New Orleans Words & Music Festival, the Mid-...
C.A. Munn is a multidisciplinary artist and performer based in New Orleans. They received their MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop in 2022. Their plays have been produced by Intramural Theater, the UNO School of the Arts, and Theatre Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi. Their work has also received staged readings at the New Orleans Words & Music Festival, the Mid-America Theatre Conference, and other reading series. Munn is also a published fiction writer and poet. Their work can be found on the Ploughshares Blog, and in Peauxdunque Review, Screendoor Review, Ellipsis Journal, the Gold Room Anthology, and the Saints & Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival anthology "New Fiction from the Festival 2023."

Plays

  • The 867 Deaths of Jesse James by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Jesse James, outlaws + 7 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period
    Keyword: Jesse James, outlaws, Old West, 19th century America, hero worship, Toxic Masculinity, role reversal, metatheatrical, Play within a play
    Bob Ford reenacts the assassination of Jesse James in a stage play for hundreds of performances. One night Jesse doesn't stay dead.
  • Un Homme A Besoin D'Une Femme; or, The Invention of Empathy by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 5 more
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    Keyword: Art and Artists, mortality + 8 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, movement/physical, period, verse
    Keyword: Art and Artists, mortality, interpretive dance, Dance/Movement, Rilke, poetry and poets, feminism, Rodin, brief nudity, cross gender casting
    The poet Rainer Maria Rilke studies art and nature under the tutelage of the older master sculptor Auguste Rodin, but his attitudes towards gender and mortality differ from his teacher's as he undergoes a surprising transformation.
  • The Finest Goddamn Tree in Saigon by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic + 2 more
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    Keyword: Vietnam War, cross gender casting + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic, political, satire
    Keyword: Vietnam War, cross gender casting, stylized, Absurd Historical, absurd humor
    April 29th, 1975: the U.S. Embassy in Saigon is being evacuated. Panic and chaos reign. Lives hang in the balance, but for the Ambassador, the most pressing issue is the fate of a single tamarind tree.
  • Tarrare's Last Supper by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: French Revolution, allegory + 2 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, period, political, satire
    Keyword: French Revolution, allegory, Bakhtin, scatalogical humor
    The 18th century showman Tarrare is known for being able to eat anything--to the detriment of his health. His Pancreas and Esophagus argue whether Tarrare has gone too far, and come to a realization about their complicity in Tarrare's out-of-control consumption.
  • Family Photos and Other Moments of Naked Truth by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: family, coping with suicide + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, holiday
    Keyword: family, coping with suicide, gender identity, sexual identity, grief, betrayal, forgiveness, family of artists, mental illness, dead parent
    Three young adult siblings gather in their childhood home with their father for the holidays, but their celebration is overshadowed by the death of their mother half a year prior. When one of the siblings invites his new girlfriend for a visit, the stranger in the family's midst proves to be the catalyst to unleashing the resentments, guilt, and desires they've each been harboring for months and even...
    Three young adult siblings gather in their childhood home with their father for the holidays, but their celebration is overshadowed by the death of their mother half a year prior. When one of the siblings invites his new girlfriend for a visit, the stranger in the family's midst proves to be the catalyst to unleashing the resentments, guilt, and desires they've each been harboring for months and even years. Stumbling through their grief, the sibling and their father discover what they are and are not capable of forgiving in each other and themselves.
  • A Little Chaos by C.A. Munn
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: UFO sighting, Ancient Egypt + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy, period, science fiction
    Keyword: UFO sighting, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology, 1950s housewife, 1950s Americana, ex-military, pilot, ancient gods, invention, mad scientist
    In 1950s Middle America, a housewife attempts to reconnect with her husband, an ex-military pilot obsessed with contacting UFOs. He accidentally summons Seth, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, who has a proposition that will change their lives forever, for better or worse.