TYPEEPEE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
by Kemuel DeMoville
“TYPEEPEE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS is an absurd and heartwarming exploration of love, identity, and the wonderfully messy parts of being human. At the center of it all is Bing Yongle, a former campus lothario whose glory days are behind him after a moped accident leaves him struggling with impotence. Bing now finds himself stuck between his overly clingy girlfriend, Kim, a robotics major determined to build an animatronic Herman Melville, and his hapless friends, Toby and Tommy, who desperately need his help to woo two women from the conservative Wolfowitz House dorm. What follows is a riotous mix of romantic misadventures, misguided schemes, and laugh-out-loud absurdity, as Toby and Tommy stumble through awkward conversations and failed attempts to impress Mary and Karky. Bing, meanwhile, has his own battles to fight—not just with his newfound sense of inadequacy, but also with Sister Philippa Soggybox, the unpredictable and flirtatious nun who oversees the dorm. Set against the backdrop of a gaudy Hawaiian-themed lounge the play dances between farce and sincere reflection.”
- Cast Size: 7M, 6F, 2+ Either
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
“Kemuel DeMoville is an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced somewhere in the world every year since 2005. Recently his work was produced in Hungary, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Israel, and all over the USA. Various plays he has written were the recipients of the Residents Prize, and Hawaii Prize from Kumu Kahua Theatre. He was awarded the Milken Prize for Playwriting in 2017. He is an Aurand Harris Fellow by designation of the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. Kemuel has an MFA in playwriting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and his MA in syncretic theatre is from Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. His work has been published in part by Next Stage Press, YouthPLAYS, Heuer Publishing, The Kenyon Review, Cirque, Spider Magazine and is included in 222 MORE Comedy Monologues, an anthology from Smith and Kraus Publishers.”
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