by Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta

INKubator 2018-2019

Tom and Derrick are “incels:” lonely, angry, desperate, “involuntarily celibate” men stuck in Internet echo chambers and creeping towards the edge of violence. They stumble upon a self-help channel, “Voice of Hope,” where Pat, a MGTOW (“men going their own way”), teaches men how to be happy in a life without women. It seems like the perfect answer, but the more Tom and Derrick tune in, the more aggravated they become: Pat’s detached philosophy lessons just aren’t working. At this desperate hour, will the three men be able to truly connect before crossing the line into violence?

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
- Residency, The New Jersey Play Lab, 2020
- Reading, Urban Stages, 2020