“If I had opposable thumbs like you, I should rule the land!” ~Patches, the Talking Cat
MABEL AND THE TALKING CAT
A dark comedy/drama
By Tara Meddaugh
A lonely baker has the opportunity to finally adopt a child of her own. But her best friend, Patches, a talking cat, has grave hesitations about the questionable method she’s using to secure her precious child. Hint: A witch is involved.
Mabel and the Talking Cat poses questions like…How far are we willing to go to get the things that we want? How can doing a good thing enable a bad thing? How do you connect with loved ones left in the dark once you’ve been brought into a new light? On top of all that, we have a bit of magic, a witch in the neighborhood, an ogre, a missing husband and a talking cat! And you won’t find out until the end of the play which well-known fairy tale this play launches into…
DETAILS
Genre: dark comedy/drama/fairy tale
Cast: 2 (1 female, 1 any gender)
Running time: 15-20 minutes
Setting: Outside a cottage in a garden
Tags: 2 person play, fairy tale tangential, play with a cat, animal play, magical, strong roles, funny, quirky, in the world of a witch
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Mabel and the Talking Cat as performed in When Fairy Tales Falter, directed by Nathan Flower. Featuring Missy Flower and Buchanan Highhouse, produced by Free Space Theater, costume design by Georgia Evans. Photo credit: JCP Images.
