From independent theatre La Mama to off-Broadway, queer satire Trophy Boys has taken off with its exploration of misogyny and masculinity, through drag and debating.
We're sitting on a velvet banquette in the underground foyer of Melbourne's Hamer Hall, discussing the fact that her play, Trophy Boys , will open in August at the off-Broadway MCC Theatre in New York.
But there are two big twists, Mattana tells ABC Arts. "One is that all the boys are played by female and non-binary performers in drag. The other is they are asked to argue that feminism has failed women." That the show deals with serious topics, like sexual violence, in a satirical way is a balancing act, she says.
"Marni and I often joked that we probably knew the future prime minister because of what we did, before realising that it maybe wasn't a very funny joke. The people we know and the things we do are this direct pipeline to power in a really tangible way," she says.
As well as helping adapt the show for an American audience, Mattana will reprise her role as teenage brainiac Owen alongside an all-new cast of performers, including non-binary and trans actors.
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