Summary
Freya and Gillian are teachers who have offended their school board and lost their jobs. Davis and Reagan are yard sale fanatics in search of a priceless antique duck decoy, the Horace Crandall Mallard. What follows is a fierce, funny and escalating battle over a symbol that has wildly different meanings for all of them.
…more than a comedy. It is a meaningful play that should be seen and embraced.
A very funny play about an extremely serious topic.
Comic masterpiece…blends all-too-familiar modern topics into a rich comic soufflé.
From the script:
DAVIS
I had an instinct, I don’t know why, under the stacks of ratty old flip flops there might be something, so I dug, and it was awful, I mean truly gross, but then I saw the glint of a glass eye peering up at me, and I KNEW IT. Somehow I just knew we’d found the 1917 Horace Crandall Mallard, and it was CALLING TO ME, telling me to come and FIND IT, after ALL THESE YEARS.He kneels, hugs her.
REAGAN
I didn’t think it was even real.DAVIS
I know.
PODCAST APPEARANCE: Celebrating 20 Seasons of Premiere Stages
with Original Play ‘The Mallard’: Listen Here
Jennifer Leigh Houston and Susan Ferrara. Photo: Mike Peters
Woodrow Proctor and Roe Manzo. Photo: Mike Peters
Eddie Gouveia Blackman and Woodrow Proctor. Photo: Mike Peters
Woodrow Proctor and Victoria Pollack
Woodrow Proctor and Victoria Pollack. Photo: Mike Peters. Photo: Mike Peters
Victoria Pollack, Susan Ferrara and Jennifer Leigh Houston. Photo: Mike Peters
