Overview
Mark and Jason were keeping things casual until Jason got pregnant. But however unplanned the pregnancy was, nothing could be less expected than the chain of events it would set in motion. Robert O’Hara’s audacious, hilarious allegory envisions an uncannily familiar future – one long after women have gone extinct from centuries of mistreatment – where man’s capacity to eff everything up soars to new heights.
Casting & Production
Casting
Actor 1 — (20-40’s) JASON
Actor 2 — (20-40’s) MARK
Actor 3 — (20-40’s) OBGYN, PRISON OBGYN, CO-HOST BOB, FEMINIST 1
Actor 4 — (20-40’s) DETECTIVE, CO-HOST BOB, CIVIL WRITER, FEMINIST 2
Actor 5 — (50-60’s) WARDEN, MARK’S FATHER, FEMINIST
Actor 6 — (50-60’s) NOT MARK’S FATHER, JASON’S FATHER, FEMINIST
Casting Note:
“Although the gender of the characters is defined as Male, I would like to encourage the Casting of Actors of any and all gender identities and those who reject the binary.”
Setting
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Reviews
“A daring, topical comedy! The viciousness of Mankind is perhaps its best quality.”
—Jesse Green, The New York Times
“O’Hara parodies man’s imbecility to man, and misogy-ny isn’t his only target.”
—Sara Holdren, New York Magazine
