Danny and his sister Janey inherit a working class bar after their parents die in a car crash. They decide to sell it to one of two competing couples, from New York and from Los Angeles, who are out to gentrify the neighborhood. The potential sale causes second thoughts and a reexamination of their family and neighborhood.

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Characters

DANNY – 30’s, native Pittsburgher

JANEY- 30’s, native Pittsburgher

DYLAN- 20’s native Californian

KYLIE- 20’s native Californian

ETHAN- 20’s, native New Yorker

SOPHIA- 20's native New Yorker

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Development and Productions

Site-specific production at The White Horse Tavern in NYC — September 2021

ROSE Community Development and PassinArt: A Theatre Company in Portland, Oregon — May 2018​

University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work — November 2015 (Reading)

Site-specific production at The Kensington Club in San Diego, CA — September 2015

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News

University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work News Center: Q&A with Mike Eichler​

Oregon Live: Arts picks: Audra McDonald, Oregon Ballet Theatre, gentrification plays, more

WESA Pittsburgh's NPR News Station: 'Repulsing The Monkey' Stages Gentrification Issues In Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh CityPaper: Short List: October 28 - November 4

University of Pittsburgh Bridges: “Repulsing the Monkey”: A Play about Pittsburgh and Neighborhood Change​​​