MilkMilkLemonade by Joshua Conkel

(11)
Productions (62)
Comedy
|
60 - 75 minutes
5 Any (5 actors possible: 0-5 W, 0-5 M)
Content Notes: Adult content and language
Set: Flexible.

Emory is an effeminate 11-year-old boy who lives on a farm with his chain smoking Nanna and his only friend, a depressed chicken about to be processed. Nanna wishes Emory would get his head out of the clouds, stop choreographing ribbon stick dance numbers, and be more like Elliot, the boy down the road with a penchant for burning things. But Emory and Elliot have a relationship -- just not one Nanna would expect or approve of. With absurd, poignant dialog and brutal characterizations, MilkMilkLemonade is a bitterly funny exploration of gender, sexuality, life, death, and the human body.

Pricing Information

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Play Details

Emory is an effeminate 11-year-old boy who lives on a farm with his chain smoking Nanna and his only friend, a depressed chicken about to be processed. Nanna wishes Emory would get his head out of the clouds, stop choreographing ribbon stick dance numbers, and be more like Elliot, the boy down the road with a penchant for burning things. But Emory and Elliot have a relationship -- just not one Nanna would expect or approve of. With absurd, poignant dialog and brutal characterizations, MilkMilkLemonade is a bitterly funny exploration of gender, sexuality, life, death, and the human body.

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 5 Any (5 actors possible: 0-5 W, 0-5 M)
  • Content Notes: Adult content and language
  • Set: Flexible.
  • Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-043-3

Published Reviews

"Clearly the show is on to something. And that something is old-fashioned stuff like, you know, a funny and poignant play, inventive direction and ace acting. In the end theater isn't much more than this, and it shouldn't be any less."

New York Post

"There's something particularly winning about a guy in lipstick playing a believable grandma and a woman in orange tights successfully selling us on her chickenhood. MilkMilk Lemonade is why we go to theater: transformation, surprise, delight."

Anna Minard, The Stranger

"One of the most important functions theater can serve is to empower. It can make us laugh as it makes us think, and so grow. If these attributes are measures of good theater, MilkMilk Lemonade is good theater."

John Allis, Seattlest

"The campy kind of ridiculousness that allows Conkel to delve into the darker side of childhood..."

Backstage

"An angry, bitter and very funny play about growing up gay in middle America..."

New York Press

"Joshua Conkel's brilliant new play MilkMilkLemonade is a hilariously absurd and moving tale... A must-see."

Broadway World

"It feels like something Edward Albee might have written for a pair of 10-year-old protagonists. Conkel's play is bitterly funny and broadly satiric..."

nytheatre.com

"Conkel and director Isaac Butler are unafraid to go for the belly: They want you laughing, nauseated or both. It's proof of how desperately comedy needs audacity: Here, as on your average chicken farm, only the plucky survive."

TimeOut New York

Production History

MAR 30, 2025 - MAR 30, 2025
Ofir Saada
Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Ofir SaadaTel Aviv Yafo, Israel
FEB 11, 2025 - FEB 11, 2025
Ofir Saada
Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Ofir SaadaTel Aviv Yafo, Israel
DEC 17, 2024 - DEC 17, 2024
Ofir Saada
Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Ofir SaadaTel Aviv Yafo, Israel
AUG 08, 2024 - AUG 08, 2024
Ofir Saada
Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Ofir SaadaTel Aviv Yafo, Israel
JUL 18, 2024 - JUL 18, 2024
Ofir Saada
TLV, Israel
Ofir SaadaTLV, Israel
JUL 01, 2024 - JUL 03, 2024
Lone Star College- Tomball
Tomball, TX United States
Lone Star College- TomballTomball, TX United States
JUN 27, 2024 - JUN 29, 2024
Pit And Balcony Theatre
Saginaw, MI United States
Pit And Balcony TheatreSaginaw, MI United States
MAR 28, 2023 - APR 01, 2023
Trustus Inc
Columbia, SC United States
Trustus IncColumbia, SC United States
MAR 01, 2023 - MAR 04, 2023
Lee College
Baytown, TX United States
Lee CollegeBaytown, TX United States
NOV 10, 2022 - NOV 19, 2022
Trustus Inc
Columbia, SC United States
Trustus IncColumbia, SC United States
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No upcoming productions.
OCT 08, 2014 - OCT 25, 2014
Ovalhouse
London, United Kingdom
OvalhouseLondon, United Kingdom
MAR 14, 2014 - MAR 23, 2014
Dunedin Fringe Festival
Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin Fringe Festival Dunedin, New Zealand
FEB 03, 2014 - FEB 03, 2014
Thinking Cap Theatre
Fort Lauderdale, FL United States
Thinking Cap TheatreFort Lauderdale, FL United States
JAN 31, 2014 - JAN 31, 2015
Haifa Municipal Theatre
Haifa, Israel
Haifa Municipal TheatreHaifa, Israel
AUG 16, 2012 - SEP 08, 2012
Convergence-Continuum
Cleveland, OH United States
Convergence-ContinuumCleveland, OH United States
SEP 08, 2011 - SEP 25, 2011
Shrewd Productions
Austin, TX United States
Shrewd ProductionsAustin, TX United States
MAR 17, 2011 - APR 17, 2011
Pavement Group
Chicago, IL United States
Pavement GroupChicago, IL United States
OCT 28, 2010 - NOV 13, 2010
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Astoria, NY United States
Astoria Performing Arts CenterAstoria, NY United States
SEP 10, 2010 - OCT 10, 2010
Rogue Machine Theatre
Los Angeles, CA United States
Rogue Machine TheatreLos Angeles, CA United States
SEP 09, 2010 - SEP 26, 2010
Shrewd Productions
Austin, TX United States
Shrewd ProductionsAustin, TX United States
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Awards (2)

Pick of the Week, TimeOut New York

Best Off Off Broadway Show, New York Press (2009)

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