# The Deer and the Antelope

## Metadata

- Slug: the-deer-and-the-antelope
- Type: Full-length Play
- Genre: Comedy
- Acts: 1 act
- Duration: 60–90 minutes
- Cast: Small (1-6)
- Cast Summary: 3f, 3m
- Performing Groups:
  - Professional Theatre
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
  - High School/Secondary
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/5nucbh4wdesl3jccgsr075nl0fkd

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## Authors

- By Brenda Withers (author slug: brenda-withers)

## Overview

Young woman moves to big city. Young woman gets murdered in said big city. While investigating the murder, the audience investigates what makes these deliciously textured characters tick. This is truly some of the funniest dialogue we’ve encountered at Uproar. And we read A LOT OF STUFF.
Cooked up by half of the writing team of comedic chestnut *Matt & Ben* (along with Mindy Kaling)*,* we present** ***The Deer and the Antelope****,* a dark comedy about law and disorder; a who-didn’t whodunit; an offbeat look at the hidden costs of making a living.
“**Shrewd and incisive**…a social satire about the search for an affordable place to live and the inadvertent result: paying the ultimate price.  **Withers is so stealthy with her language and humor that grief and anxiety, which are front and center, are not painful to watch**. You’ll be bewitched and perhaps bewildered by the play’s twists and turns…” — [*Wickedlocal.com*](https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/provincetown-banner/2018/08/15/x2018-deer-antelope-x2019/4502893007/)
**“**Brenda Withers is undoubtedly a genius. This is a spooky, hell of a scary play that will make you laugh harder than you’ve laughed in a long time. It’s almost like Law & Order meets Twin Peaks, but funny funny funny. Brenda has a gift for circling a certain idea to its most comical extreme, and then shooting off to another idea, doing the same thing, all while making you reconsider your life and the forces that make it happen in between your laughs.**” —** [*jose sebastian alberdi*](https://jsebastianalberdi.com/)

## Plot

Kelly, an optimistic young woman, arrives in the big city. Some seasoned realtors, Paulie and Jamie, help her find an apartment in an affordable, but marginally safe neighborhood. When Kelly winds up dead, a pair of unconventional detectives, Beemb and Riches, show up at the real estate office searching for suspects. Paulie is questioned, his secretary-and-sometimes-girlfriend Mel encounters a crisis of faith, and Kelly’s grief-stricken sister Lea comes to town seeking revenge or closure, whichever comes first. The crime is solved, but the unsettling questions it raises – of community culpability and bottom line blame –  remain.

## Cast

| Name | Role | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| KELLY/ LEA | Principal |  (F/F): an optimistic new transplant to the city / her heartbroken sister  |
| PAULIE | Principal |  (M): an ambitious realtor  |
| JAMIE  | Principal | (F): Paulie's equally ambitious boss |
| MEL | Principal | (F): their receptionist |
| RICHES | Supporting | (M): a gruff cop |
| BEEMB | Principal | (M): Rich's gruff partner |

## 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/v3xlyiub1bmivtyq2osie2axgzab | Harbor Stage Company: Wellfleet, MA | John Ward |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/vwe10cwoq4m24l2i0emrflm9rz3v | Harbor Stage Company: Wellfleet, MA | John Ward |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/3bkn9rmvkrottz3is9uvdmqumivr | Harbor Stage Company: Wellfleet, MA | John Ward |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/ix5czsztff2ub6crc9pmczqxzm3q | Harbor Stage Company production: Wellfleet, MA | Joe Kenehan |

## Press

| Title | URL | Image |
| ----- | --- | ----- |
| Oh give me a home: New theater company's dark comedy brings new voice to Magic Valley | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/oh-give-me-a-home-new-theater-companys-dark-comedy-brings-new-voice-to-magic/article_b749a944-3c67-11ee-a368-dba280c3e8f2.html | https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/magicvalley.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/74/b749a944-3c67-11ee-a368-dba280c3e8f2/64dd4ce6e1785.preview.jpg?crop=1609%2C845%2C71%2C121&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize |
| ‘Deer and the Antelope’ delivers a deadly lease on life | https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/provincetown-banner/2018/08/15/x2018-deer-antelope-x2019/4502893007/ | https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/2018/08/15/NWKL/ghows-WL-73825871-dc41-2d81-e053-0100007f2381-cf2e3523.jpeg?crop=763,432,x0,y63&width=763&height=432&format=pjpg&auto=webp |