Synopsis
The Flounder Complex
Published by Dramatists Play Service
0 Male 2 Female
She tells the applicant that she used to suffer from what she calls the Flounder Complex ('the flounder has a dreadful fear of death,' she explains. 'It buries itself in the mud at the bottom of the river and waits to be speared.') But claims to have cured herself
When the girl realizes just how far gone her potential employer is, she decides she doesn't want the job after all; but the old woman, terrified because the girl - who now knows all about her - poses a threat to her safety, shoots her
The author draws from this confrontation a gripping tension, and the old woman is a remarkable creation, as blind and dangerous to herself as she is symbolically, to the outside world" ~ The Village Voice
Produced Off-Off-Broadway, in New York City, this gripping, electrifying thriller is concerned with the confrontation between a deranged old woman and the young girl who unknowingly answers her ad for a companion
" a new playwright, and definitely one with talent" ~ Show Business
" a tight, suspenseful thriller easily one of the most exciting plays to reach the Off-Off-Broadway circuit" ~ BackStage
" gripping tension" ~ Village Voice
Especially recommended for play contest use