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Daddies

By: Paul Kruse
Narrated by: Barbara Chisholm, Gabriel Vaughan, Hale Appleman, Jennifer Kidwell, Karina Kruse, Ken Bolden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mary Poole, Piper Goodeve, Sydney Harcourt, Tonilyn A. Sideco
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Joseph is having a comically rough year. His job sucks, his relationship ended, he’s plagued by prank phone calls, and he nearly lost his father to the virus. When his best friend asks him to donate his sperm so that she can start a family, Joseph just can’t understand why anyone would bring a child into this calamitous world. The only bright spot is an intriguing new online relationship with an attractive internet “daddy” that has him rethinking his isolation until a series of revelations have him facing even bigger decisions about his future.

Portions of this audiobook contain mature language. Listener discretion is advised.

Playwright Paul Kruse was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible-commissioned playwright, he received funding and creative support to develop Daddies.

Directed by Adil Mansoor.

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Paul Kruse
Adil Mansoor

About the Creator

Paul William Kruse is a playwright, film/video maker, and teaching artist from western Wisconsin. His work flows from his queer identity, Catholic roots, and ever-evolving experience of family. He is a founding member and resident playwright of Hatch Arts Collective in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Paul often writes collaboratively, drawing from his years of experience as a videographer and documentarian. Paul recently completed his MFA at UT Austin where he was a fellow with the Michener Center for Writers.

About the Director

Adil Mansoor is a theatre director centering the stories of queer folks and people of color. His current project "Amm(i)gone" adapts Sophocles’s "Antigone" as an apology to and from his mother. "Amm(i)gone" is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creative and Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Kelly Strayhorn Theater, The Theater Offensive, and NPN. Mansoor has developed work with New York Theatre Workshop, The Poetry Project, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Tofte Lake Center, NYU Tisch, and PearlArts Studios. Directing projects include Chickens in the Yard by Paul Kruse (Hatch and Quantum), Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Hatch), Desdemona’s Child by Caridad Svich (Carnegie Mellon), and Plano by Will Arbery (Quantum). Mansoor is a founding member of Pittsburgh’s Hatch Arts Collective and the former Artistic Director of Dreams of Hope, an LGBTQA+ youth arts organization. He has been a NYTW 2050 Fellow, a Gerri Kay New Voices Fellow with Quantum Theater, and is currently an Art of Practice Fellow and Community Leader with Sundance. He is part of the inaugural Artist Caucus gathered by Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf, St. Louis Rep, and Woolly Mammoth. Mansoor received his MFA Directing from Carnegie Mellon.

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It was funny, interesting, sad, deep and thought provoking. The story took an interesting turn in the middle. I loved the multiple actors and music/sound effects. Highly recommend.

Wow! This short story has EVERYTHING!

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good story but could use a part 2 great actors just seemed unfinished

not the ending I expected

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I did not want this story to end where it did, and I wish it was a complete novel!

The performances popped to life through this audible experience and I could not stop listening. It is so relatable, fresh, and funny.

Listening is quick, easy, and it will leave you wanting a part II.

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You’ll want more…

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An interesting take on one person's life during the Covid pandemic that has the craziest twist at the end. There is humor but also sadness and seriousness during lockdown, when this story takes place. Joseph has to deal with his own personal issues while being the support his dad needs and it's a very different take on an audiobook form what I've listened to before. It's labeled as a play and the entire cast does a wonderful job. I really enjoyed this a lot.

Loved it!

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Original. Even after you realize something unusual is going on and more or less what it is, I, at least, couldn't tell where the story would go with it. More positive a vibe than you might think if I summarized the plot. Seemed like a work that could be worked into a longer piece and I enjoyed that feeling of possibility.

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This play is for all those queer folks out there who know how it is to feel held in so many beautiful and complicated ways by families of their choosing. Held as in held accountable. And held as in lovingly embraced even at far flung distances amidst a pandemic. It's a play, too, about online dating, suffering through Zoom teaching (ha!), desire, longing, change, time, examining privilege, intergenerational compassion, friendship, conflict and care. If all this sounds like your cup of tea, get ready to laugh and feel things. Paul Kruse is a brilliant and exquisite writer, who gorgeously disrupts our expectations. And Adil Mansoor is a directing magician.

Funny, tender, nuanced. Queer brilliance!

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Loved this story. Tapped into so many emotions , and especially after the last two years we’ve had. Bravo to the amazing artists involved. Very well done 👍🏿

Just wow!!

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The performances are great and the dialog is funny and fluid, but the story is weird.
the "plot twist" is sprung on the listener when 80% of the story has passed. it comes out of nowhere, and makes the ending seem forced and rushed. rather than have an authentic character growth and development, this twist just magically changes everyone's perspective and it's insta-maturity.

weird story

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The first half was really funny, then it took a turn and became far more serious. It was still a good listen over all!

That took a turn, but still good

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By the end I have to admit I enjoyed the play. My only real problem with it is the secondary sounds (extraneous to the story) and after a few times it became very annoying. Normally I would have reduced the star rating but for the story and the performance I had to give it 5⭐️.

Enjoyable but disconcerting

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