Title

Anti-Hero: Revenge of the Swifties

Playwright

Derick Edgren Otero

Director

Meredith G. Healy

Dramaturg

Margaret Smith

Stage Manager

Maggie McClellan

Category

Production, Thayer Theatre

First Rehearsal

March 25

Load In/Tech /Dress

April 27-28

Performances

April 29

Roles to be cast

Age (Presentation)

Gender (Presentation)

Description

Cora

Pre-teen

Female

Doesn’t really look like Taylor Swift but maybe could with a lot of makeup

Scott

Late thirties

Male

Doesn’t look like Taylor Swift

Bonnie

Late forties, fifties

Female

Doesn’t look like Taylor Swift

Magenta

Teen

Female or nonbinary

Looks the least like Taylor Swift

Malcolm

Mid-thirties

Male

Really doesn’t look like Taylor Swift at all

Jenna

Mid-thirties

Female

Someone told her once that she looked like Taylor Swift and she still talks about it

Lauren

Late teens

Female

Looks the most like Taylor Swift

Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Cora calls upon all Swifties of the Internet to exact revenge upon Scott Brunner for his scathing review of Taylor Swift's least-acclaimed album, reputation (#JusticeForReputation). Even when Cora targets Scott's family, including his newborn child, Scott resorts to denial to protect his own reputation and sensitive ego.

Notices

The play contains sexist and homophobic language, depictions of cosmetic plastic surgery, and discussions of infanticide.

Intimacy

Moments of intimacy include: possible hug between Scott and Malcolm in Scene Two, Swifties as “snakes” touching Malcolm in Scene Four, and potential hug between Cora and Bonnie in Scene Eight.

Page

Stage Direction/ Planned Action

Characters

28

Maybe a little kiss, gently.

Scott, Malcolm

67

They crawl up his legs.

MALCOLM

What do you want!!

SWIFTIES

Sssettle the ssssscore...

MALCOLM

Please don’t hurt us

I just

I’m just trying to be a good father to my child I just want to be a good father

That’s all I ever wanted

SWIFTIES Sssssilence sssissy...

MALCOLM

oh my god

hey...

ah...you’re kind of squeezing me...

One of them nips him just a tiny bit on the cheek. Just a little kissy kiss.

Malcolm, Swifties 

130

Cora embraces her mother.

Cora, Bonnie

Fight

Page

Stage Direction/ Planned Action

Characters

23

MALCOLM One two three

Scott lifts the hamper and Malcolm picks up the snake by its tail. He walks toward the stairs.

MALCOLM ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod

The snake hisses at Malcolm. He screams and drops it.

MALCOLM

Hit it hit it CUT ITS FUCKING HEAD OFF!!!

Scott smacks the snake with the shovel, killing it. Pause.

Malcolm, Scott

Important Dates/Holidays

 3/24 Purim*, 3/24 Palm Sunday, 3/25 Holi Phagwa*, 3/25 Lailat al Bara*, 3/27 Nuzul Quran*, 3/29 Good Friday, 3/31 Easter, 4/4 Qing Ming Jie, 4/6 Laylat al-Qadr*, 4/9 Ougadi/Ugaadi, 4/10 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)*, 4/17 Ram Navami, 4/21 Mahavir Jayanti, 4/22-4/30 Passover*, 4/24 Theravada (New Year), 5/1 Beltane-Samhain, 5/3 Good Friday (Orthodox)