PIPER
by Briandaniel Oglesby
At 35, Piper had decided to give up on love and procreation. When a one-night-stand with a hot marketing twunk leaves him with a random pair of Andrew Christian underwear, Piper sews the abandoned briefs into a puppet. A fairy godmother drag queen brings this puppet to life, and Piper is left to raise his child Andrew alone. This queer, comedic take on Pinocchio is about parenthood, aging, and puppets.
- Cast Size: 4M 1W 1 Drag Queen
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Briandaniel Oglesby is a queer, mixed-Latino playwright who writes some plays for mature audiences and some for young actors. He has MFAs from UC Riverside and University of Texas at Austin. His play Small Steps was developed at Playwrights Week at the Lark, B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival, and Portland Center Stage’s JAW Festival. He is a three-time national finalist for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Award, and winner of the KCATF Latinidad Award. He won the award for Outstanding Play from the New York International Fringe Festival for the play Halfway, Nebraska, which was also developed at Playwrights Week at the Lark. He runs a theatre department outside of Austin, Texas at a middle school / high school where he writes cutting-edge plays for and with teenagers.
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