Birder
Play Description
BIRDER follows middle-aged accountant Roger, who, upon discovering a house finch nesting outside his home, finds himself forced to question his most basic assumptions about what it means to be a father, husband, and breadwinner. But do his avian explorations represent a deep search for meaning, or just a city-dweller's mid-life crisis? A funny, moving study of the human need for silence, as Roger finds both terror and solace in urban ecology.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
” … Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths … BIRDER explore[s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream … [It] revels in quirky, meta-theatrical artifice, complete with flashbacks, overt symbolism and fourth-wall puncturing monologues. Its protagonist, the accountant Roger, is a poor excuse for a dad … Roger has always played by the rules in pursuit of an affluent lifestyle. Like so many in the disappearing middle class, Roger grapples with the pressures of living beyond his means; his atypical answer to midlife crisis, however, is to quit his job and take up bird watching … Roger maintains a disarming boyish charisma as he chronicles how the growing appreciation of birds hiding in plain sight among us come to represent everything else that’s missing from his life … [BIRDER] offers a quiet vision of hard-won hope amid adversity … ” —Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times
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