I Am Not What I Am
By Mark Ball
Age range
16 +
Cast size
Under 10
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 2/3/4
Female: 4/3/2
Also: As the play explores gender roles, casting can be fluid.
Female: 4/3/2
Also: As the play explores gender roles, casting can be fluid.
Setting
1800’s, England.
Note
A dark farce loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for a smaller ensemble.
First performance
Dublin Youth Theatre, August 2014.
Synopsis
I Am Not What I Am follows the story of a dysfunctional married couple and the people around them: a pair of dapper detectives with a secret; a try-hard thespian; and a maid with a fetish for fiction. Olivia has found out that her husband is cheating on her, but who with? All this is happening while the characters are preparing for an amateur production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
I Am Not What I Am is a look at gender roles, sexuality, and love through farcical situations and characters.
Requires a strong, energetic ensemble with versatility in performance skills, and a flair for comedy. It calls for the ensemble to be able to act “badly” for the play-within-a-play section: a scene from Twelfth Night.
I Am Not What I Am is a look at gender roles, sexuality, and love through farcical situations and characters.
Requires a strong, energetic ensemble with versatility in performance skills, and a flair for comedy. It calls for the ensemble to be able to act “badly” for the play-within-a-play section: a scene from Twelfth Night.