Synopsis
Alligator Man
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 5 Female
But when Telesphonte Broussard, proudest member of the parish's notorious gator-poaching family, kills the girlfriend of Gruesome Gator the years of apathy end
Unaware that vengeance stalks his footsteps, Les goes about his business while his scaly adversary, armed only with his wits and "poetic license" secures a weapon and a confederate-Les' own prudish sister-in-law, Georgiana. Her staged "kidnapping" lures Les to the swamp and a fatal fight amidst a raging hurricane
In the end "justice" triumphs, and the alligator launches his career as a Broussard - dedicated to supplying the Cajun community with all the "albino" gator hides it can use
First presented Off-Off-Broadway at the experimental Cubiculo Theatre, this atmospheric "folk tale" comes straight from the backwater of Louisiana's fabled bayou country, where alligators make their home and alligator poachers make their living. The fact that the alligators are played by black actors and the humans by white leaves the audience to draw its own conclusions
"(An) amusingly allegorical premise carried to the limits of its fantasy" ~ BackStage
"A delightful, original piece with themes of racism and animal abuse" ~ Show Business