Vamp

by Ry Herman

A vinyl-clad supernatural girl-meets-girl comedy. Chloë, a slightly insane writer and slush-pile reader, is becoming increasingly irritated by the imaginary people living in her apartment. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Angela, an attractive goth astrophysicist. The two hit it off and begin dating, but they soon discover that they’ve both been keeping disturbing secrets from each other. This play has been performed to critical acclaim off-off-Broadway and throughout the U.S., and contains everything you ever wanted to know about monsters, meteors, vampires, and imaginary friends.

Genres: Plays

132 pages, Paperback

First published April 20, 2009

About the author

Born in the US, Ry Herman is now a permanent Scottish resident. Their debut novel, the queer supernatural romcom Love Bites, was published by Jo Fletcher Books in July of 2020. Ry is bisexual and genderqueer.

Their most recent book, This Princess Kills Monsters, is a retelling of “The Twelve Huntsmen”, one of the Grimm Brothers’ weirdest fairy tales. It takes that tale’s jilted, trouser-wearing fiancée, her eleven identical crossdressing doppelgangers, a talking lion, and of course, the princess, on an extravagant, fantastical quest to save a kingdom, subvert destiny, and fall in love with the perfectly right wrong person.

Ry has worked at a variety of jobs, including submissions editor, theatre technician, and one job which could best be described as typing the number five all day long. Ry acts and directs, and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hobbies include baking bread, playing tabletop roleplaying games, and reading as many books as humanly possible.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant play. Much better to see on the stage but you should still read it!