You Must Wear a Hat

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef waiting for the world to end. A play for two and a rabbit puppet.

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef waiting for the world to end. A play for two and a rabbit puppet.

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You Must Wear a Hat

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  • Shaun Leisher: You Must Wear a Hat

    What a fantastic play. An important piece about climate change that features two people yearning for connection. Loved all the unique stage directions. I want to see this play fully realized.

    What a fantastic play. An important piece about climate change that features two people yearning for connection. Loved all the unique stage directions. I want to see this play fully realized.

  • Tom Erb: You Must Wear a Hat

    I highly recommend C. Meaker's "You Must Wear a Hat" for the ability to craft compelling narratives and characters. This play bring a unique perspective to storytelling.

    I highly recommend C. Meaker's "You Must Wear a Hat" for the ability to craft compelling narratives and characters. This play bring a unique perspective to storytelling.

  • Alex Kingsley: You Must Wear a Hat

    I had the opportunity to see a staged reading of this play at the Kennedy Center and it was so fantastically bizarre. Deeply unsettling in the best way.

    I had the opportunity to see a staged reading of this play at the Kennedy Center and it was so fantastically bizarre. Deeply unsettling in the best way.

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Tuesday
Weeks
A rabbit puppet

Tuesday and Weeks have been intentionally written gender neutrally, however, neither should be cis-gender male. Both characters could be any race, however, they should not both be white. They can be played by women, gender queer, trans*, masc of center, femme of center, and/or non-binary folkx. Considering they are the only representatives of this world, they should represent, as much as they can, a difference in body type, age range, race and ethnicity, able-ness, gender expression, etc.

A note about the rabbit. The rabbit is a puppet. The puppet does not have to be a realistic representation of a rabbit. My favorite puppet was a simple articulated, cardboard puppet.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Hub Theatre, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization University of Iowa New Play Festival, Year 2018
  • Type Workshop, Organization NNPN/Kennedy Center MFA Workshop, Year 2018

Production History

  • Type University, Organization University of Iowa Workshop Production, Year 2018

Awards

  • O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
    Semi-Finalist
    2019
  • Leah Ryan FEWW
    Finalist
    2019