All female cast of All The Little Animals I Have Eaten
Produced by One Yellow Rabbit

All The Little Animals I Have Eaten

Written by Karen Hines

 

All the Little Animals I Have Eaten is a dark comedy set in a city like your own.
 
Recently, a film industry professional told his UCLA screenwriting students that they could only succeed in this world by writing scripts that featured male protagonists. As he reluctantly explained, “The audience doesn’t want to listen to a bunch of women talking about whatever it is women talk about.” Now, inspired by the “Bechdel-Wallace Test,” One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre (along with a bunch of women) endeavours to embrace that notion, and to shake it down.

All the Little Animals I Have Eaten tracks a thesis- addled, sleep-deprived film student as she serves local charcuterie to a well-heeled crowd at an unusually modern bistro. Over the course of a harrowing shift, she finds herself parsing some very female conversations about everything from plagiarism and polity to narcissism and killer-trolls, to spiritual transcendence and the Golden Retriever Convention in Scotland. The conversation does turn to shoes ... but it’s only when the food starts to speak that our hero really starts to listen.

Karen Hines is the author of six award-winning plays and a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Drama. Plays previously seen in Calgary include Citizen Pochsy (OYR) and Drama (ATP) as well as a recent reading of her Crawlspace at Wordfest. She writes for Swerve. She is not a vegetarian.
Cast of All The Little Animals I Have Eaten

Preview Performances - January 10* & 11 @ 8:00pm.  *$15 Tickets for the Preview performance on January 10, 2017 will be available exclusively at the door of the theatre one hour prior to show time. Based on availability. Guarantee your seat in advance by purchasing a full-price ticket online, in person, or by phone.

In The News

Stephen Hunt reviews All The Little Animals I Have Eaten in his article Karen Hines' Wild Mind Shines in All The Little Animals I Have Eaten.  To read the article, click here. 

Karen Hines tackles feminism, sleep deprivation and eating animals as reviewed in the Metro News article on January 13. To read the article, click here. 

Playwright Karen Hines sits down with Stephen Hunt to discuss all things Animals.  To read the article, click here. 

Beatroute covers All The Little Animals I Have Eaten in their article Dark Comedy Play 'All The Little Animals I Have Eaten' Follows A Feminist In Crisis on January 5th, 2017.  Read the article here.

Louis Hobson talks with playwright Karen Hines in the article Karen Hines' new play All the Little Animals I Have Eaten premièring at High Performance Rodeo on January 9th, 2017 in the Calgary Herald.  Read the article here.  You can also catch the article in the Ottawa Citizen.  

Cast and a sheep in the production of All The Little Animals I Have Eaten