{"product_id":"pussy-sludge-9781350289000","title":"Pussy Sludge","description":"\u003ci\u003ePussy Sludge is a play about a woman with a broken pussy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's a woman menstruating crude oil. She lives in a swamp. She's in love with Courtney, but her mother prefers RJ.\u003cbr\u003eNo one knows who knows what's best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGracie Gardner's award-winning play sketches a dystopian setting with an eponymous main character who, in a number of absurd encounters, resists stereotypical gender constructions and socially predetermined life models. Far\u003cbr\u003emore than just a feisty criticism of patriarchal systems, the play turns power structures upside down and offers a surreal and comic parable of sexual self-determination that challenges conservative gender constructs and our patriarchal status quo with vigor and irony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePussy Sludge\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender exploration of questioning authority, suspending shame through intimacy, and very bad advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGracie Gardner \u003c\/b\u003eis an American playwright. Her play \u003ci\u003ePussy Sludge\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin, and previously received the Relentless Award; it was developed by Less Than Rent at HERE Arts Center, and The Old Vic in London. Her play \u003ci\u003eAthena \u003c\/i\u003e(New York Times Critics' Pick) was presented by The Hearth at JACK. Gracie is the recipient of the McKnight National Residency and Commission, an Ensemble Studio Theater Sloan Foundation Commission, a Claire Tow Fellowship, the James E. Michael Award, the James Stevenson Prize, and she is a Samuel French OOB Festival winner. She's a proud member of New Dramatists, Ars Nova Play Group, Youngblood, and she has received commissions from Clubbed Thumb, Manhattan Theatre Club, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and the Atlantic Theater Company. She's also worked as a video game writer for Annapurna Interactive\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51831611883794,"sku":"9781350289000","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14c9f1d3-48f8-4280-b205-268a9a8ac7b6.jpg?v=1767006285","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pussy-sludge-9781350289000","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}