Frigid Festival Previews
Are We Freaks?
Produced by Comedy Period
Author: Bricken Sparacino
Are We Freaks is a science fiction comedy about what makes people normal. It will be funny and strange and even a little creepy. The audience will meet four groups of women who all have something in common, at least one of them is "abnormal": a lobster girl, strangely connected twins, psychic co-ed, and a man who used to be a woman. All these people search for the same thing, companionship. But it's funny too, I don't want to get carried away with the deep inner meaning of the piece. I hope you will laugh, have a good scare, and go home talking about the ending.
I think we are bombarded with images of what we should be, how we should act, what we should look like by commercials, film, and television. Images that no one can live up to. Even the celebrities themselves have face lifts and weird diets to look the way they do. This play shows that the abnormal is normal, we are all ok just the way we are. The price is high to make your self "Normal". But there is happiness in accepting the strangeness that is you.
Why are we freaks? Good question! I wrote three short plays last year for Groove MaMa Ink's plays in a day festivals. I loved each of these stories but they were only about 10 minutes each. I thought long and hard about what I could do with them, could they be combined? They definitely all had a science fiction feel. But I just couldn't think of anything. Then one night I dreamed about these twins who run a side show, woke myself up from the dream and jotted it down. These characters were the missing pieces. I am thrilled they have come together and in the way they did. Also, I have a personal mission to work with women artists and bring them to the forefront. This play has seven terrific actresses in it, a female lighting designer, stage manager and co-directors. I am so excited to present this play and all these talented ladies at this year's Frigid Festival.
Bricken Sparacino, writer/co-director/actress
