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| GENRE |
Convoluted fairy tale |
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Full-length, 120-140 minutes
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| CAST |
5 females, 4 males, 10 either (9-19 actors possible: 5-15 females, 4-14 males) |
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A divan/chaise, and a flexible representative bed.
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Adult language and content |
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| Kate's sister Anne, a ravishing beauty, wakes up one morning to discover a sheep's head between her shoulders. Thus begins the journey of the two sisters in their quest to return Anne's true head to its proper place. The journey is sidetracked, however, by Kate's obsession with a slim raver-boy who has a nasty little addiction. Based loosely and lyrically on the British fairy tale "Kate Crackernuts." |
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| "Strange, dense, brilliant wordplay...part poetry slam, part rave, part dog-eared storybook theater, and all edgy, infectious, ultra-theatrical entertainment. Kate Crackernuts is an adult fairy tale that, like its tough but vulnerable heroine, follows a warped dream logic while keeping its sharp-tongued wits about it." |
| --Rob Kendt, Los Angeles Times |
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Princess Grace Award |
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Jerome Fellowship |
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Cherry Lane Mentor Project finalist |
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MacDowell Residency |
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| Alex Dawson, Kevin Dedes in Kate Crackernuts at The Flea Theatre in New York City (2004). Photo: Gary Winter. |
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