The Trouble With Doug
2010 Festival
Director
Victoria Clark
Music Director
Greg Brown
Cast
Matthew Hydzik, John Jellison, Emily Jenda, Lindsay Mendez, Barbara Walsh and Jason "Sweet Tooth" Williams
Contact for Rights
Daniel Mate
Number of Acts: 2
Number of Principals (Male): 3
Number of Principals (Female): 2
Total Cast Size: 5
Orchestra Breakdown:
the largest orchestra we have arranged for is a small ensemble of piano, two woodwinds, bass, and percussion. The show could certainly be scored for a medium or full-sized pit orchestra.
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
The Trouble With Doug is a contemporary, comedic reimagining of Kafka’s Metamorphosis in which a happy, healthy young man transforms inexplicably into a giant talking slug. Thrust together awkwardly under the same roof, Doug, his family, and his fiancée all struggle to understand and respond to this strangest of crises.
Development History
A staged reading of The Trouble With Doug was presented at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists in January 2008. CAP 21’s Professional Theatre Company presented a public reading in November 2008 and a workshop production in June 2009. Originally Produced at CAP21/THE SHOP.
Festival Successes
Developmental workshop at Royal & Derngate (UK) in 2011, developmental production at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (CA) in 2012, production at Arts Garage (FL). Production at Fredericia Theater in Denmark, spring 2017.