Who's Manipulative?
a comedy
A privileged student seeks payback after her mother offers refuge to an interloping stranger.
Cast: 3m, 4f
Female
CELIA CARTER, 20, music student
HAKI WILLIAMS, 20, initially unemployed, later a design student
MAUREEN CARTER, 50s or 60s, Celia’s mother, retired
BRENDA MILES, 20s, usher
Male
GAVIN STONE, 20s, real estate agent
ATU, 20s or 30s, Samoan, security guard
PAUL, 20, law student, Celia’s boyfriend
Setting
Auckland, New Zealand
Time
Spring and summer
Cast: 3m, 4f
Female
CELIA CARTER, 20, music student
HAKI WILLIAMS, 20, initially unemployed, later a design student
MAUREEN CARTER, 50s or 60s, Celia’s mother, retired
BRENDA MILES, 20s, usher
Male
GAVIN STONE, 20s, real estate agent
ATU, 20s or 30s, Samoan, security guard
PAUL, 20, law student, Celia’s boyfriend
Setting
Auckland, New Zealand
Time
Spring and summer
(reading)
Dark Mondays
Company Theatre
The Rose Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
May 17, 2021
Cast: Phillippa Hibbs (Celia), Katie Vincent (Haki), Anne Rimmer and Suzy Sampson (Maureen), Kathy Gent and Tamsin Robinson (Brenda), Kristof Haines (Gavin), Hugh Boyd (Atu), Tony Forster (Paul)
Dark Mondays
Company Theatre
The Rose Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
May 17, 2021
Cast: Phillippa Hibbs (Celia), Katie Vincent (Haki), Anne Rimmer and Suzy Sampson (Maureen), Kathy Gent and Tamsin Robinson (Brenda), Kristof Haines (Gavin), Hugh Boyd (Atu), Tony Forster (Paul)