Author: Joe
Keyes
Synopsis: BIG BABY unfurls in a cramped Midwestern apartment shared by
Kile and his diminutive, gray-haired mother, June . This is a couple with
colossal issues, and they wear them like comfortable old shoes. Mom is a
staunch, churchgoing Catholic who endured an abusive marriage, and constantly
fawns over and coddles her grown son. Kile is a scary bundle of pent-up energy
and frustration who paces like a caged animal, stays medicated on a bevy of
drugs, and frequently gets physical or argues vociferously over the merest
trifle. When Nancy, a recovering heroin addict turned dominatrix, moves in next
door, Kile avails himself of her services and finds them ironically
therapeutic. But Kile's blossoming friendship with Nancy rankles June, who soon
pushes Kile to the outermost limits of endurance.
Cast Size: 1
Male, 2 Females
KINDLE EDITION
SCRIPT SAMPLE
“An audaciously
original playwright, Keyes whips up a caustic mixture of hate, love, endurance
and need as morbidly funny as it is believable.”- Los Angeles Times
"GO!"- Backstage West
