# Little Egg, Big World

## Metadata

- Slug: little-egg-big-world
- Type: Full-length Play
- Genre: Dramedy
- Acts: 2 acts
- Duration: 90–120 minutes
- Cast: Medium (7-14)
- Cast Summary: 3F, 1-7 any gender 
- Technical Requirements: Flexible
- Suitable For:
  - Professional Theatre
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/4xq7k3gx3a2d72n8zdfj9zbtjr1g

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## Authors

- By [Rachel Leighson](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/md/authors/rachel-leighson)

## Overview

**Grown Uterus (you read that right, that's a human character) sits on the crinkly paper in the doctor's office about to start her egg donation process.** Little Egg (younger version of Grown Uterus), bursts into the room and tries to stop it. Useful information: they also happen to also be a donor child. Together, they grapple with reconciling the pain of not knowing a biological parent, while potentially becoming an anonymous egg donor themselves.
*Little Egg, Big World* is a highly-theatrical, heartfelt journey of universal struggles in unusual circumstances. With rich characters, stinging humor, and heartbreaking trauma, Little Egg’s journey opens up a massive window into the world of gamete donation. Leighson deftly explores our collective search for belonging, our sitting with the unknown, and our asking that age-old question: what is family?
Here's this fantastic [playlist.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qy2ktlkYCWYpQ47RAa3f5?si=d62e718547a14370) The playwright made it to help you get a feel for the tone, which also happens to correspond with Little Egg's life from 1991-2023. It's here for inspiration (not for use in your production).

## Plot

*Little Egg, Big World* jumps through time, examining different moments in Little Egg's/Grown Uterus' life. Along the way, they sort the unsortable thoughts with a host of real and imagined characters from parents, to geneticists, to other eggs in utero. As Little Egg searches for her father and Grown Uterus tries to come to terms with anonymous donation, the two navigate through trials of identity, abandonment, betrayal, curiosity, love, and discovery.

## Cast

| Name | Role | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| A NOTE ON CASTING: |  | If utilizing doubling, the core roles are Little Egg, Grown Uterus, Mom, and Half-Sibling, with Mom and Half-Sibling also playing the additional roles.  |
| GROWN UTERUS | Principal | 20s-30s, any ethnicity, female- identifying. The adult version of Little Egg. Trying to hold it all together while healing.  |
| LITTLE EGG | Principal | Any ethnicity, female identifying, a child/teen to be played by an adult. The kid version of Grown Uterus. Naive, excitable, passionate. |
| HALF-SIBLING | Supporting | 20s-30s, any ethnicity, any gender. Little Egg/Grown Uterus' half-sibling. Loving, eager, impulsive. |
| MOM | Supporting | 30s-50s, any ethnicity, female- identifying. One of Little Egg/Grown Uterus' mothers. Inherently kind and open, but struggles to understand the ramifications of donor conception.  |
| DOCTOR | Ensemble | Any age, any ethnicity, any gender. Kind hearted, intelligent, but doesn't understand where Grown Uterus is coming from. Overworked. |
| SALTY EGG | Ensemble | Any age, any ethnicity, any gender. An egg in the uterus. Sassafras and ready to go. |
| TEACHER | Ensemble | Any age, any ethnicity, any gender. A relatively strict, traditionalist teacher. |
| GENETICIST | Ensemble | Any age, any ethnicity, any gender. A geneticist that lives in Little Egg's head. Ever-blunt. |
| TEENAGE CRUSH | Ensemble | Teen to be played by an adult. Any gender. Little Egg's high school crush. A fellow donor kid. Smart, but semi troubled. Very popular.  |
| DONOR | Ensemble | Any age, any ethnicity, male-identifying. Little Egg/Grown Uterus' and Half-Sibling's donor. Intelligent, unloving, semi-cruel. Narcissistic. |

## Materials

### Available for additional fee:

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| 60-Minute Talkback with the Creator | A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with one or more of the show's creator(s). Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded. |
| Video Recording License | License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance. |

## Production Images

| URL | Caption | Credit |
| --- | ------- | ------ |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/zwrl5dd08dctv959zjia4qyk9l7o | Rachel Leighson, KP Sgarro: Theatre Row | Ian McQueen |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/p8aul45vtlaeh9l20r4ma7ncz0mw | Olivia Miller, KP Sgarro: Theatre Row | Ian McQueen |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/wmeoxu41vze46vgb2wnban5f90g1 | Patricia Lawrence, Rachel Leighson: Theatre Row | Ian McQueen |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/5tqs5e3t288ggednrld9yiu7xj06 | Olivia Miller, KP Sgarro: Theatre Row | Ian McQueen |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/suezuzh6gg7wi3kw46fftxzc8psi | Olivia Miller, Rachel Leighson: Theatre Row | Ian McQueen |

## Links

- [View HTML page](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/shows/little-egg-big-world)