POONA THE FUCKDOG
and other plays for children
by Jeff Goode
copyright © 1999
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Poona is published by
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POONA THE FUCKDOGand other plays for childrenby Jeff Goodecopyright © 1999 |
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These outrageous "Fairy tales for Grown-ups" are not for the easily offended! Poona, our ingenuous heroine, meets up with aliens, talking shrubs, and mealy-mouthed salesmen in her quest to find someone to play in her big pink box. Nothing is sacred in this raucous assault on the power of language.
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Cast Size: 8-17 (depends on doubling) Running Time: 90-120 minutes |
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The play the Bush Administration did not want you to see! "Bitten by the Fuckdog" - Chicago Reader (9/24/04)"Curtains" - Willamette Week (10/20/04 - cover story)"Dispiriting Journey" - American Theatre Web (10/20/04)"Too risqué for Bush's NEA" - The Advocate (10/27/04)"The White House vs. Poona the Fuckdog" - The Stranger (10/28/04) |
"Oh no, that would be explicit and inappropriate, and my federal funding prevents me from doing anything that might be educational or helpful to you later in life. But if you'd like a sandwich. Or a copy of the New Testament?"
CRITICS can't stop yapping about about Poona:
(about Poona found on the internet)
Excerpts from Poona the Fuckdog and other plays for children
can be found in:
The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1998
(Smith and Kraus)
Poona the Fuckdog is available on videotape from
StageDirect
Suzy-Suzy Cyber-ssassin (from Poona) was a finalist for the 2000 Heideman Award (Actors Theatre of Louisville)
For actual plays for children and young audiences, be sure to visit the
"JeffNet for Kids" at:
kids.jeffgoode.com
see also: Gary Cole's Artless: The Odyssey of a Cultural Creative