Metropolitan Playhouse
presents
The Virtual Playhouse

A Screened Reading
of

VOTE THE NEW MOON

Written by ALFRED KREYMBORG

Directed by ALEX ROE

Backgrounds by MEDUSA STUDIO

Featuring
LISA BARNES, MATT DANIELS, IVANNA CULLINAN, CHRIS HARCUM,
MARK HOFMAIER, & MARTY McDONOUGH

October 24, 2020 8 p.m.

www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse

Ah, an anarchist play! How timely. It was written 100 years ago, but could have been written yesterday. KREYMBORG is an odd figure even in the odd world of writing. He was a poet, wrote plays for puppets, and was a master chess player.

VOTE THE NEW MOON is a lot like a Punch-and-Judy show. The citizens of a tiny town must vote every time there is a new moon. The vote is always the same: a tie between red and blue. The Town Crier shouts for them all to vote. All four of them. Get out your hammers (yes, ball peen hammers) and vote. Another tie, it seems. They argue and shout to no avail. The candidates speak. They say essentially the same thing…nothing. The voters switch sides, so it’s still a tie. The ending is hilariously expressionistic. All hail the new moon! And the talking giant catfish.

Thanks to METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE for digging up this treasure. It is so apt for the current situation. Great acting, as always. Especially the catfish. Perfect “casting”.

-Karen D’Onofrio-