A paraplegic woman plays outrageous power games to get something she desperately wants in this dark, twisty, sexy play that takes office politics to new extremes.
WINNER, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award: Best Playwriting
WINNER, Arts in LA Sage Awards: Best Playwriting
NOMINEE, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards: Best Playwriting
NOMINEE, Stage Raw Awards: Best Playwriting
Play Details
One of the Nice Ones is a 90-minute play with no intermission.
Cast: 2 female, 2 male
Genre: dark comedy, satire, workplace comedy, modern classic, dysfunction, dramedy, edgy, new plays, subversive, provocative, radical, bold
Keywords: intimacy, body image, eating disorders, diet culture, body dysmorphia, BDD, Body Identity Integrity Disorder, sexual harassment, Me Too Movement, self-image, self-esteem, patriarchy, power plays, power dynamics, disability, identity politics, ethics
Character Breakdown
TRACY, a white woman in a wheelchair. She is a shark who smells blood in the water.
ROGER, her boss, a cis straight white male. The epitome of privilege.
NEAL, a co-worker, a man of color. Genuinely nice, honest, good.
COLLEEN/WANDA, a client, a woman of color. Done being nice. Fuck nice.
