Cuntboy & Dickgirl (Or: Biology Play)

By Reid Pope (they/them)

Directed by Jaye Hunt (they/them)

A reading by Parity Productions

of Reid Pope's 2023 Parity Development Award Winning Play

Wednesday August 28th and Thursday August 29th, 2024

7:30 PM EST @ The Maker's Studio at Chelsea Market

Tickets are FREE and open to the public

SYNOPSIS

Cuntboy & Dickgirl (or: Biology Play) is a theatre piece about how we all morphed from little amoebas with one big eye and no anus. It follows two trans kids, Lila and Max as they play basketball in a park from age 11 to age 30. As Lila and Max dribble and shoot, they discuss the sea creatures they've been assigned to create out of paper mache for their elementary school Great Barrier reef project. They play-act as seahorses. Give birth to shoes and sports equipment. Quiz each other on biology. Max grows interested in hermaphroditic fish. Lila grows interested in Max. They spend time exploring the fluidity of the sea (and one another). Then struggle with evolution.

What do we hold onto? What should we hold onto? What can we honor and what can we let go of?

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Reid Pope (they/them) is a comedian, playwright, and Jew who’s been featured in Vulture, PAPER, and Boys With Plants Magazine. They were a finalist for the 2023 Terrence McNally Incubator and have developed plays with Jewish Plays Project, Normal Ave, Primetime Theatre, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and Edinburgh Fringe. Their television pilot Old Queens won the 2023 ATX TV Festival Pitch Competition and they were named a 2022 New York Comedy Festival Content Creator To Watch. Reid is a New Georges Affiliated artist. B.A. Brown | M.F.A. NYU Ticsh

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jaye Hunt (they/them) is a multidisciplinary theater artist. They are the Literary Manager of Parity Productions, where they are largely responsible for the annual Parity Development Award. They have collaborated with playwrights on developing many new plays and have extensive experience serving as assistant director on both new works and works in the American theatrical canon. Their main focus is creating equity onstage and backstage. www.jayehunt.com