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Mummu

by Kirk Shimano Canadian Author

Mummu is here to bring you a story. A good story with a great emotional landscape. Even deities who exist on an eternal plane don’t have time for bad theatre.

What can a reed, a feather, and some cow parts accomplish? Trying to find purpose in an indifferent world can seem impossible. You can never make something without unmaking something else.

The characters in this play are not bound by any limitations of gender, race, or other categories, and the play can be staged with no sets of any kind.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 25 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
4 Characters
4 Any Gender
Set
Simple set
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4 Characters

  • 4 Any Gender

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

  • MUMMU Any gender 43 lines
    Mesopotamian deity of engineering serving as tonight’s emcee. Charismatic, if a bit domineering.
  • REED Any gender 63 lines
    Plucked from a swamp, a simple scrap of vegetation that yearns for more.
  • COW PARTS Any gender 42 lines
    The large intestines of a cow, happily producing gas as they fester.
  • FEATHER Any gender 52 lines
    Removed from a noble ibis and its associated lineage. Never misses a chance to let others know their place.

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