Last Thursday’s presentation by the Play in a Day ensemble at Never Ending Books was Karel Capek’s The Insect Play. As is the case with all Play in a Day project, the script is not picked until I get a gander at the potential cast. Then we adapt and stage the thing in three hours.
Faced with a large all-female cast, I couldn’t come up with anything involving fairies, so settled for Capek’s butterflies. We deliberately softened all the bloodthirstier material—the beheadings, the battles…
Above is an outtake of the final scene. Complete show (and many other Play in a Day productions) can be found on this site’s designated Play in a Day page.