Pony

Sylvan Oswald

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When Pony moves to a small rural town to start a new life as a man, he meets a woman named Marie who is obsessed with a local murder. On the other side of the forest from Woyzeck, Pony gets wrapped up in her violent fantasies and must figure out how to be himself and how to stay alive. Alternately disturbing and drily funny, Pony explores power and the fluidity and ambiguity of gender.

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Kristina Valada-Viars and Kelli Simpkins in the About Face Theatre production, photo by Michael Brosilow
Kristina Valada-Viars, Jessica Hudson, and Kelli Simpkins in the About Face Theatre production, photo by Michael Brosilow
Jessica Hudson and Matthew Sherbach in the About Face Theatre production, photo by Michael Brosilow
Cast Requirements

1 man
4 women
(That is, 1 transman; 2 masculine women, 2 feminine women)

Production and Development History

Productions: Produced by About Face Theatre, directed by Bonnie Metzgar (2011).
Workshops: Jaw/West at Portland Center Stage, (2008).
Readings: New York Theatre Workshop (2009); About Face Theatre (2009); Walkerspace (2007).