Merely Players
105 mins: 3W/NB
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players — but what does it mean to play? Rosalind is in the midst of her epilogue from As You Like It when the spotlight is interrupted by Phebe; Phebe, the lowly shepherd girl who fell in love with Rosalind in drag as Ganymede. Over the course of a single night, Phebe wanders the forest of Arden, raising questions about sexuality, sonnets, gender, violence, dead deer, and love. And, perhaps, discovering what being a player — and being free — really means.
Merely searches the moments when the words of lovers become songs and sonnets, the layers of narrative working to make poetry for the viewer.
It. Is. Special.
History
2021: Outsiders Inn (Seattle) Production
2019: Terra Femina Collective (Kansas City) Production
2015: Women and Theatre Program (Montreal) Concert Reading
2015: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) Student Production
Awards
2015: Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award
