Household

Household, an original play by Jaime Sunwoo and Austin Jung, finds the human in the inanimate. Five household objects–Blender, Vacuum, Lamp, Curtain, Mirror–call the stage home. Anthropomorphized, their individual personalities are determined by their functions. Otherwise mute, musical instruments speak for our characters with the blaring sounds of modern life. Houseplants, in marked contrast to their mechanical housemates, sing gracefully and comment on the action. The play begins with domestic tranquility, but as the characters vie for dominance of the stage, exercising their utility in incompatible ways, unforeseen repercussions threaten the harmony of the household.