
Dark Comedy
Dark Comedy
Margaret Ivey (Tanya) and Chris Hecke (Tom) in Adrienne Dawes' "Teen Dad," at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2019
Cast of Characters
ABBY: 15/f or femme person, Afro-Latina/x - daughter of Tanya and Tom, a mostly cheerful emo-punk goth
TANYA: 33/f, Black - Abby’s mother, a survivor in recovery
JOHN: early 40s/m or masculine person, Black - Tanya’s fiancé. A social worker and self-described “healer” who can see sound
TOM: 29/m, Latino - Abby’s biological father, a baby- faced punk rocker
ALISHA: 21/f or femme person, mixed-race - Tom’s girlfriend, dresses very clean-cut and preppy
Casting Note: TOM is mixed-race White/Latino (Mexican) and fair-skinned. The roles of ABBY, ALISHA and JOHN are open to non-binary, trans and/or gender-non conforming actors of color. Pronouns may be adjusted in the script to best fit the actors portraying those roles.
AWARDS/HONORS:
2020 - Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowship, Inkwell Theater
2020 - Finalist, Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award
2019 - Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
2019 - Finalist, Madison New Works Laboratory
2019 - Semifinalist, Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival
2017 - Finalist, Inkslinger Playwriting Competition
2014 - ScriptWorks Seed Support Grant
Author
Adrienne Dawes (she/her/hers) is an Afro-Latina playwright, producer, and teaching artist originally from Austin, TX. Her plays include Teen Dad, Hairy & Sherri, Denim Doves, Am I White, and more. She received her bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and studied sketch and improv with The Second City in Chicago, IL. Adrienne is a 2020/2021 resident artist at Colt Coeur and was recently awarded a 2020 MAP Fund grant for her play Casta. She has been an Alice Judson Hayes Fellow (Ragdale Foundation), a Tulsa Artist Fellow (George Kaiser Family Foundation), an artist-in-residence with Crosstown Arts and PlySpace, a NALAC Fund for the Arts grantee, a selected playwright in the 2018 Fornés Playwriting Workshop and 2018 Kenyon Review Playwrights Conference (directed by Wendy MacLeod). Adrienne’s play Am I White won the David Mark Cohen New Play Award from the Austin Critics Table and an award for Outstanding Original Script by the B. Iden Payne Awards. She has been a finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and a semifinalist for the Princess Grace Award. Her work is published by Vintage Books, Playscripts, Heartland Plays, Heuer Publishing, and Applause Theatre & Cinema Books... [Go to FULL BIO]