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...weeks ago, Adam R. Perlman ’04 mentioned Donkey Love, a one-act he just finished writing, to his blockmate Ben D. Margo ’04. The two didn’t waste any time moving from script to stage. Tomorrow night in the Adams Kronauer Space, Perlman’s show will open with Margo’s one-act, Kiddie Pool, in a performance the two are billing as “We Don’t Mind Sucking on Toes.” “We thought that was funny...
Both plays are surreal, to say the least. In Kiddie Pool, the characters are never referred to by name and so instead are identified by their locations: Couch (Shawn H. Snyder ’03) and Pool (Robert A. Hodgson ’05). Margo says that he chose the title of his play because, as an actor, he has always wanted to be “playing with goop, sitting in a pool, climbing up things, fighting with swords...stuff like that,” rather than just standing and reciting his lines. “Kiddie pools...
Unfortunately, there is no actual kiddie pool in Kiddie Pool. Margo says he was unable to find one. Instead, one character draws the pool on stage with chalk. Pool, the grown man in the imaginary kiddie pool, is then propositioned by Couch...
...Margo admits “not knowing much about homosexual relationships or sex” and says he is sure the audience will pick up on that fact...
Both scripts have evolved considerably since the early stages of rehearsal. Margo says he appreciated the luxury of workshopping his script during the staging process. “Until you die,” Perlman says, “a script is never really finished—not when rehearsals start, not when tech work starts, not when performances start...