Funny, Like HAHA. (or, A Play About A Rape Joke)
70 mins: 2W, 1M, 1GN
Lily Schuttman is in her dressing room, preparing for her first comedy special, when Erin Li comes in demanding answers. See, Lily spoke to the Times defending Joe Ainsley. Joe's a self-identified male feminist, comedy mentor to Lily--and the man Erin’s accused of sexually assaulting her. After a tense fight, Erin gets ready to walk out of Lily's life. And then the Rape Joke Lily was going to tell springs to life, trapping them in the dressing room.
A dark comedy about internalized misogyny, white feminism, who gets to be heard, and who gets to be a joke.
History
April 2023, Flint Rep New Works Festival, Workshop
September 2019, Broken Bell Readings: (Chicago), Reading
Awards
2021 Semi-Finalist Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Playwrights Foundation
2020 Semi-Finalist UCROSS + The Blank Theatre – Future of Playwriting Prize
2020 Semi-Finalist National Playwriting Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
