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Quack
Quack made its world premiere at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles on October 28, 2018. Playwright Eliza Clark wrote the first scene of the play in 2014 when she was pregnant, inspired by the ludicrousy of the anti-vaxxer movement. She felt moved to complete the script after Trump was elected, and she finished it right as the #MeToo movement swept the country. Clark explains:
“Women have been taught to be the side characters in men’s stories for thousands of years. There’s something sneaky going on in the play. You’re focused on the protagonist, who is this dynamic man, but the women that surround him make it possible for him to exist. He is that quintessential self-proclaimed ‘feminist man’—’male ally’ or whatever—who doesn’t actually adhere to any of the values of feminism or of being an ally. But he’s at the center, because he’s held up by all the women who are his supporting cast. I feel like it mirrors the way the world works. It was influenced, I think, more by the experience of being a young woman in a male-dominated industry than it was by things I was reading on the news.”
“Women have been taught to be the side characters in men’s stories for thousands of years. There’s something sneaky going on in the play. You’re focused on the protagonist, who is this dynamic man, but the women that surround him make it possible for him to exist. He is that quintessential self-proclaimed ‘feminist man’—’male ally’ or whatever—who doesn’t actually adhere to any of the values of feminism or of being an ally. But he’s at the center, because he’s held up by all the women who are his supporting cast. I feel like it mirrors the way the world works. It was influenced, I think, more by the experience of being a young woman in a male-dominated industry than it was by things I was reading on the news.”
109 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2019
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Eliza Clark
16 books6 followersEliza Clark is a Canadian writer.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in 1985. She now works steadily as a television producer/director, fiction writer and story editor for both text and film. Clark has also taught creative writing at Ryerson University, the Humber School for Writers and York University.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in 1985. She now works steadily as a television producer/director, fiction writer and story editor for both text and film. Clark has also taught creative writing at Ryerson University, the Humber School for Writers and York University.
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January 12, 2021
This is a great fall from grace story. From being at the top of his field, to being a footnote in history, this play will dive deep into gender roles and how those in positions of power and the public eye can say one wrong thing and back the wrong people and will (hopefully) face the consequences of those actions.
I loved getting to see into the characters minds, even if it was just through dialogue. You could tell the privileges each character had and how they did not see them.
I am genuinely excited to see my local acting conservatory do a reading of this play.
I loved getting to see into the characters minds, even if it was just through dialogue. You could tell the privileges each character had and how they did not see them.
I am genuinely excited to see my local acting conservatory do a reading of this play.
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