DUPE
full-length play
4F
UNPRODUCED FULL LENGTH: When Parker Davis, an emerging Black writer, discovers her image has been stolen and appropriated as the author photo for the infamous urban book series “Pastor Prey,” she tries to enlist the help of her estranged identical twin sister/entertainment lawyer Poesía Whetstone to sue the publishing company.
The threat of a potential lawsuit prompts Feeling Grasso, white author of the "Pastor Prey" series and CEO of Ghettro Publishing, to reach out to her estranged identical twin sister/famous YA novelist Great Domanico for an introduction to her lawyer . . . Poesía Whetstone.
“Dupe" is a very loose, accidental adaptation of "Comedy of Errors" (with a dash of Rachel Dolezal) that explores identity, authorship, and sisterhood.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2024 - Great Plains Theatre Conference, reading
2023 - Theatre Bedlam, reading
2021 - Heckle Her Productions, virtual reading
AWARDS/HONORS:
Semifinalist, 2023 Orlando Shakes, PlayFest
Semifinalist, 2022 Premiere Stages, Premiere Play Festival
Semifinalist, 2021 JOOK MS, Summer Spotlight Series
2020 International Centre for Women Playwrights, Development Grant
