Synopsis

The Muckle Man

The Muckle Man $13

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Published by Dramatists Play Service

5 Male 2 Female

Off the icy shores of Newfoundland, on a remote island, the Clarke family threatens to break apart

The father, Addison, a marine biologist, desperately pursues the ocean's most elusive creature - Architeuthis, the giant squid - while his estranged wife Marina freezes by degrees

Their son Harvey, after a near-drowning, is unable to speak

The family's grief and isolation are bottomless

Then, inexplicably, from out of the ocean, a man named Arthur walks into their livesand the order of the natural world starts to collapse around them

Part horror story, part myth, The Muckle Man mixes science with folklore and domestic drama with high tragedy, to chilling effect

"A smart, crisply written and engrossing sci-fi narrative in which a mysterious creature does what aliens or the unknown usually do, intensify and illuminate human needs and passions" ~ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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