Drunk Lion Quotes
Drunk Lion
"Equally humorous as it is tragic, poignant as it is absurd."
- nola defender
Drunk Lion Quotes
Drunk Lion
"Equally humorous as it is tragic, poignant as it is absurd."
- nola defender
"DRUNK LION IS IMAGINATIVE, FREE-FLOWING STORY-TELLING OF VERY HIGH QUALITY."
★★★★★ TV BOMB
"AN EXCELLENT AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING SHOW WHICH MAKES A METAPHOR COME ALIVE."
★★★★ THREE WEEKS
"GREAT THOUGHT, LITERARY TALENT AND A WEALTH OF COMPLEX EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN POURED INTO DRUNK LION, BUT IT’S THE SHEER AUDACITY AND AMBITION OF PIECE THAT TURN IT FROM POTENTIAL DISASTER INTO POTENT SUCCESS."
★★★★ BROADWAY BABY
Drunk Lion About
Drunk Lion About
a big fucking cat
and you know how you feel about cats don’t you
you can’t trust any cat really and you
definitely can’t trust
a big one
In Chiapas de Corzo, Mexico, an alcoholic lion spends his days drinking to oblivion in a cantina until he meets Chris, a young foreigner learning how to speak Spanish. The unlikely pair forge an intoxicated bond over life, love, and alcohol.
The play documents performer Chris Davis's experiences living in small-town Mexico, and is ultimately a dedication to his second home country. Chris embodies 21 characters to explore languages, loss, alcoholism, and how universal stories can be found in every corner of the world. Even Lions get drunk in cantinas!
70 minutes | Directed by Mary Tuomanen
production history
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland / 2014
Independent Voices Fest Pennsylvania / 2013 & 2014
New Orleans Fringe Festival Louisiana / 2013
WPAA-TV Studios Connecticut / 2013
Dixon Place New York / 2013
Plays & Players Philadelphia / 2012
SoLow Festival Philadelphia / 2012
Shubin 25th Anniversary Festival Philadelphia / reading, 2012
“Philadelphia has bright new playwriting talent in Chris Davis.
Hilarious and philosophical, surreal and vividly descriptive. In a tightly written 60 minutes, well directed by Mary Tuomanen, Davis embodies dozens of characters, eloquently painting a picture of his experience in small town Mexico, with the drunkenness, self-doubt, and imaginative pondering that can come with a shift to a very different locale.”
“Scrutinizing every inflection and gesture, the 30-year-old morphs seamlessly into an array of bilingual characters—both man and beast—all while periodically breaking the fourth wall to translate bits of Spanish dialogue or deliver a humorously poignant monologue in English.”
“Blending surrealism with vague reality and presenting it in an effortless stream-of-consciousness style that genuinely feels as though he is retelling the story off the top of his head, Davis wholeheartedly delves into themes ranging from love, loneliness, and mortality.”