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In suburban South Carolina, an ornery Confederate Reenactor tries - and fails - to reconnect with his nephew on the battlefield.

Kay Allmand and Bob Hungerford in <I>Kudzu</i>, Trustus Theatre. Photo by Robert Eubanks.
Bob Hungerford and Brian Schilb in <i>Kudzu</i>, Trustus Theatre. Photos by Robert Eubanks
Matt Purdy in <i>Kudzu</i>, Trustus Theatre. Photos by Robert Eubanks

Read Sample

CAMPBELL
Elmore had some family in town this weekend.

ZEB
Ain’t no excuse. He comes or he doesn’t come, but he doesn’t come and change the whole operation to a dainty K-mart barbecue. Shit. You remember those pants he had on last month? Pair of pants he bought from some grassy travel store, lightweight something-or-other material kept him warm and cool at the same time, and I said: Man, we are not recreating Armstrong on the moon. We are recreating 19th century, you got to immerse yourself.

CAMPBELL
Feel what they felt.

ZEB
To know what it was like. To live in those shoes. Can’t do that wearing a lycra spandex beeping bleeping.

CAMPBELL
Talk to the man.

ZEB
Ain’t what I wanted to show the boy this weekend. You know, I wanted him to see how close we can all be, how we can be men together.

CAMPBELL
No strippers at this picnic.

ZEB
Set an example.

CAMPBELL
Yeah, and Elmore.

ZEB
Ain’t no kind of example. Coolers and cokes.

Cast Requirements

1 woman
4 men

Honors

Winner: Trustus New Play Festival (2003)

Press

“A brave, imaginative, well-researched work. ...Although Kudzu tells a serious story, it is also really funny.... Even here, for its first, it has the feel of something that will last.”
—State Newspaper

Press

Production and Development History

Produced: Trustus Theatre (2003).

Workshop: Interplay Festival (2001).