Alaina Messineo
"Women belong in the kitchen" satirizes women role's within popular culture and heteronormativity. Inspired by the social construct of religion and its ability to plant women as means to be controlled.
Time: When it all began
Setting: An office
Characters: Man 1, Man 2
Notes on production: Pacing should be fast. The play should have a moving heartbeat.
Notations: A { } around text signifies concurrent speech between characters
Right
SO
Make it mandatory
Yes
Everyone will love it
Well yes maybe
Maybe
A little
Just a little
I think they will like it
I really do
It's something for them to
Look forward to
Something they all will look forward too
This is something everyone will look forward to
Better phrasing I agree
Well I think it will catch on
It will enlist a sense of pride
Sure
But I don't
Yes but
You see
I don't see where you
Rebellion
I certainly hope not
This is how you prevent a rebellion
You give them opportunity
A chance
A taste
Make them think they are valued
That they are
They are
Doing something right
{Something for themselves}
For their children
For their husbands
For society
{Give them a part}
Make them think they have a vote
Make them have reason
Purpose
Make it sacred
Holy
It must be sacred
Who said
I said
Yes sir
Yes sir I do
I do not believe
You are correct
That's what your thinking
I didn't say
Women should be left in doors
At all times
Honestly they should be supervised
At all times all hours
They cannot be trusted
That part you made up a few
Years ago
About them
Yes the one we all voted oh it yes it
Rewrote the books
Rewrote the text
Rewrote the the
And
The phrasing
Just
{Phenomenal}
What was it again
Ah yes
That's it
Something like
“Women are honored and favored so they shouldspend their time inside the house”
That’s it
That's it
So ya if you notice she keeps putting out and
wants to fuck you more
because she wants to get pregnant
because she wants go outside
Then that's fine
Take the kids out
The park
Sports
Birthday parties
Whatever the fuck
We are helping herHelping her
At least she won't struggle anymore
At least it's her asking for it
So we don't look like the enemy
After all
We are only human
And all humans really want is to
Her brain
Her brain will be
Retaught
Rewired
In a way in which
She
Well
It's just genius I tell you
Pure genius
You see
As you said yourself
Question
Causes chaos
Curiosity
Causes strife
Like a fire
Like a Fire
We have to give meaning
Give purpose
Help put those creative minds at rest
Because if we don't
If we don't
{This whole thing willBurn }
END OF PLAY
Alaina Messineo is a NYC-based playwright and director and is currently a junior at Marymount Manhattan College with a double concentration in Writing for the Stage and Directing. Recent playwriting credits include Jesus stole my birth control and The Microwave Play at Secret Theatre’s Act One: One Act Festival this past winter in Queens. Additional credits include She be Courageous at Marymount’s Stand Up Speak Out Festival, Two Hearts at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, and Bad Beans at Geva Theatre. Recent directing credits include Late: A Cowboy Song by Sarah Ruhl at the Bordeaux Black Box and Carrier Pigeon by Skylar Beirne at Theatre for the New City’s Dream Up Festival this past summer.
