The Wolf You Feed
Price range: $15.00 through $15.95
Description
Max, recently separated, has just moved into the rundown Shady Pines motel at the edge of a national park. Outside, a pack of wolves is wondering if she wants to hang out. Inside, everything she used to know is becoming something other-than. A toothbrush becomes a handful of chives; a bottle of shampoo is an owl that refuses to leave the shower; and a stack of papers that demand a signature stubbornly remain just that.
Production Info
Full Length Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Production Stills
Press Quotes
“Darcy Parker Bruce’s THE WOLF YOU FEED … howls into The Vortex Theatre for its American debut and what a gift it is … a singular theatrical experience, one we are invited to sink our teeth into completely … Bruce’s allegorical tale centers on Max, a newly separated woman staying at the Shady Pines Motel, perched at the edge of a heavily forested park. Enter a pack of wolves … a group that is at once dangerous and delightful. Without spoiling too much, the play traces Max’s journey through a pivotal moment in her life, as she learns to listen to the whispers buried deep within her soul. Bruce is unquestionably a playwright to watch; their tightly crafted script and imaginative storytelling strike at the heart while delivering a deeply warm and affirming message … From the moment the house opens, the audience is ushered into a transformed world. Preshow lighting casts an atmospheric glow as mist hovers in the air. The striking set places a lonely, down-at-the-heels motel room beneath a bright moon, with a forest looming tantalizingly close. Those with a keen sense of smell may even catch wafts of juniper and spruce. Sound design enhances the immersion with subtle birdsong and animal movement, surrounding the audience in the play’s sumptuous imaginings. Before the narrative formally begins, the wolves prowl the space, playing on the set and curiously interacting with audience members. By the time the show starts, it feels like the most natural progression imaginable … It is an unforgettable theatrical experience.” —Lynn Beaver, Broadway World
Author
Darcy Parker BruceDarcy Parker Bruce is a graduate of the M.F.A. Playwriting program at Smith College and a 2025 MacDowell Fellow. Their work explores the intersections of queerness, adoption, environmental precarity, and American mythologies through interdisciplinary performance and research-based playwriting. Their practice is informed by critical conflict theory, which they use to examine power structures and hierarchies. They are the recipient of a 2017 Tennessee Williams Scholarship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellowship, and a 2023 writing residency at Gullkistan in Iceland. From 2022 to 2024, Bruce served as Writer in Residence at Interlochen Arts Academy. In 2018, they received the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Theater for their play SOLDIER POET. They are currently working on THE BOOK OF A UNIVERSE INSIDE OF A UNIVERSE, a multigenerational performance work developed during their MacDowell residency that integrates archival research, adoption studies, queer temporality, and the ecological afterlives of war. In addition, Bruce is preparing for the upcoming publication of THE PIEDMONT PLAYS with Broadway Play Publishing, a four-play cycle confronting American ideology and the promise of "glory."
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 9/18/2024 |
| Pages | 60 |
| ISBN | 9798888560259 |
Special Notes
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com
