A fast-paced one-act comedy that examines contemporary masculinity through the eyes of two friends attempting to fix a car engine.
Dad Hole opens at dadaLab on Thursday, August 6, and runs through Sunday, August 9. It's a new one-act comedy about two best friends—a car mechanic and his companion—who decide that repairing a rusted Dodge engine is the key to fixing masculinity. The whole thing takes place on a single Saturday afternoon in a sweaty garage with cold drinks and that rusty engine, and it's built around the two of them trying to uncover and destroy the dark forces distorting masculinity.
It's a fast-paced show, and it doesn't stick to just dialogue. Along the way, there are silly challenges, musical numbers, and grand prize giveaways. The production also frames the audience as part of the project, with a running joke that they can't fix masculinity without you. On stage, Matt Spain and Kat Ellison Williams play the two friends.
Behind the scenes, the piece was created by Sarah Loucks, Matt Spain, Ann Marie Dorr, Kat Ellison Williams, and CB Goodman. Sarah Loucks wrote it, CB Goodman directed it, and Amber Wilson produced it, with Ann Marie Dorr on dramaturgy. It's a sponsored project of the Austin Creative Alliance, supported by a MAPfund grant and funded by the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Shows run nightly from 7:30 to 9:00 PM, with doors opening at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $25, and there's free parking on-site at dadaLab, 2008 Alexander Ave, Austin, TX 78722.
