Sydney Theatre Company and Investec Bank present
ZEBRA!
by Ross Mueller
New York City. Winter. 2009
The global housing bubble has well and truly burst, leaving the inhabitants of the previously buoyant city deflated and contemplating the impending age of austerity.
At his daughter’s request, 57-year-old businessman Larry has agreed to a blind date with her fiancée. He’s expecting a ‘kid’ to show up. What he is not expecting is Jimmy, a 55-year-old Australian jock, who is betrothed to his precious little girl. These two self-made men are going to have to do business. Jimmy is selling and the product is himself: ‘the best son in-law in the world’.
We’ve seen the plays about how and why the Global Financial Crisis happened. Now Ross’s fast-paced, midlife crisis comedy progresses the dramatic discourse by ruminating on who we are post-GFC. What has plummeting from the dizzy heights of prosperity done to us as a society and as individuals? How has humiliating failure altered our self image? Will Australia’s obsessive love affair with all-things-American end acrimoniously in the wake of the fall?
It may be messy, painful and ugly but this struggle to be the alpha-stallion on the plain will also be a funny, uproarious night in the theatre.
WHARF 1
Schools Day Wed 23 March
Pre-show Intro 10:30am, 45 minutes
Performance 12:15pm
Duration 1 Hour 20 Minutes, no interval
Post-show Q&A immediately following, 15 minutes
Content Frequent strong language
Suits Years 11 - 12
Cost $21/student
Curriculum Links:
Drama - Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice
English - Australian Literature
Resources: Comprehensive student and teacher resources provided
