Straight White Male: Two Plays

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Late at night. An empty street. A white man stops an Asian student. Fifty-six years later, another white man stops another student. Different men from different worlds. The same gnawing fear.

"Men are seriously confused and angry – but when men get angry they want to hurt someone … And mostly the first person they hurt is themselves."

1968 Australian classic, Norm and Ahmed by Alex Buzo followed by 2024 new play Radha and Ryan by three-time AWGIE winner Nick Parsons.

Two plays. One story.

Form/Style: adaptation, drama, naturalism/realism
Length in minutes: 150
Cast: 4 total
Roles: 1 female identifying, 3 male identifying
Themes: race relations, power, political/social, masculinity
Cast age groups: 18+
Content warnings: racially charged language, queerphobic language, adult language
Has interval: yes
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Currency Press

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