Written by
David Dietz
The cast of the very first incarnation of The Real Deal as a one-act play from the 2001 Pittsburgh New Works Festival. L–R: Jodi Renee Coleman, Linda Tracey Kennedy, Nicholas Clearey, The Playwright and Pat Kording (Director).
“...Clever...” “...I was immediately impressed by Dietz's intelligence, humor, and humanity.” This comedy of “speculative fiction” explores inter-gender politics in a time when the world order we know is replaced by a “matriarchal” society.
In this time, procreation has become a highly organized business with forms to file, quotas to meet, and successful “mergers” absolutely essential. It’s perceived as the perfect system; a vast improvement over “the old way.” But is it really?
One so-called “breeder,” a by-the-book young man named Brett, will be left to wonder when he is called to the estate of the somewhat eccentric Marcy Anne Hess one morning for what he assumes will be a routine breeding “session.”
What he will discover upon his arrival is anything but routine!
–Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
–Timothy Ruppert, Playwright
WATCH A SCENE FROM THE PLAY
| SHOW STATS | |
|---|---|
| Cast: | 2 men, 2 women |
| Run Time: | One-Act Version: ~25 Minutes Full-Length Version: ~95 minutes |
| Intermission: | One-Act Version: None Full-Length Version: 1 |
| Set: | Unit Set |
| Genre: | Comedy, Dark Comedy, Black Comedy, Serio-comic, Futuristic, Sci-Fi, Dystopian |
| Preview: | HERE |
| Publisher: | Seeking publication |
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Area Men Have Plays Produced
Article about the premiere staging of Breeder’s Cup (aka The Real Deal) at the 2001 Pittsburgh New Works Festival from the Signal Item Star. Published 9/12/01.
Three Plays Open New Works Series
Review of the premiere staging of Breeder’s Cup (aka The Real Deal) at the 2001 Pittsburgh New Works Festival from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Published 9/8/01.
