"Crave" is the story of Antonia, a lonely woman who lives with her cat, and holds signs for a living. On her birthday, she finds a painting in a dumpster, which she hangs on her wall. Overnight, the leftovers in her fridge have disappeared. Perturbed, she goes to work. When she returns she finds a giant mess spilling from the fridge. She admonishes the cat, but soon notices that the figure in the painting has grown fatter. Not to mention the fact that she is holding a piece of cake in her lap. Terrified, she tries in vain to pry the painting off the wall, however it remains stuck.
Determined to protect her food, Antonia chains the fridge door closed, and falls asleep, hatchet in hand, as she watches her favorite television show "As Lovers, As Cousins".
A sudden feline squeal wakes her, and she discovers to her horror that her poor cat is trapped inside the painting! In a frantic effort to save the cat, she sinks the hatchet into the painting. The hatchet sinks into the canvas, gets stuck, quivers for a moment before being spit back out and hitting Antonia in the head. From the painting pours a stream of bile (we mixed beef ragout, and clam chowder for this... the audience got both a visual and olfactory experience!) slowly drowning Antonia in a sea of vomit.
Thus is the charming conclusion to "Crave".
Performed by myself, Emma McCumber, and Eric Ugland, with Katie O'Sullivan as the Spirit of the Painting.
Photos by Dan Bretl.
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