Queer playwright John J. Caswell Jr. talks up his play ‘Man Cave’ currently at Kitchen Dog Theater
The playwright John J. Caswell Jr. (courtesy photo) John J. Caswell’s play Man Cave opened last weekend at Kitchen Dog Theater.
The show is a regional premiere and is only the second time it has been produced. His story revolves around four Latinas who take over the basement space of a Republican congressman that one of them works for.
There they congregate as a safe space before supernatural elements enter the picture. Read our review here. Before the run opened at the Trinity River Arts Center, Caswell talked about the show via email about its origins and his celebration of Latin women. Dallas Voice: Congratulations on this Dallas run of your show.
Could you talk about the impetus for your story? Caswell: I wanted to honor the women in my life who were kept from their full potential by circumstance, specifically circumstance created and exacerbated by patriarchy, capitalism, racism and xenophobia.
