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Monster (or #MeToo, Brute)

$16.00

Play, 4f 4m

When a journalist threatens to expose the dark secrets of a massive YouTube star, his production team and friends are forced to choose between their loyalty to the content creator king and their own morality. Toxic influencer culture, parasocial relationships, and digital accountability are all explored in this shocking re-imagining of “Julius Caesar” for the chronically online.

Play, 4f 4m

When a journalist threatens to expose the dark secrets of a massive YouTube star, his production team and friends are forced to choose between their loyalty to the content creator king and their own morality. Toxic influencer culture, parasocial relationships, and digital accountability are all explored in this shocking re-imagining of “Julius Caesar” for the chronically online.

About the Author

Marshall Logan Gibbs (they/them) is a Baltimore-based playwright whose produced plays include MONSTER (or #METOO, BRUTE), INTERPLANETARY PAUL’S DIVORCE SPECTACULAR, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, SCAM ARTIST, MY DAUGHTER’S A DEMON, and ABSTRACTED. Public staged readings have been held at the Valdez Theatre Conference, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Thirsty Thursdays with Theatre, Lumos Players, DMV Playwrights, and Special Interest Theatre.

They are a genderfluid, neurodivergent playwright and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. You can find them on Instagram @playwrightmarshall