Round 17: Tossup 14

In a play by this author, a woman who recounts being attacked with a hammer during the Depression is told by an irate family member to “eat the fucking fish.” A play by this author is set in a motel room where a Gulf War vet obsesses over the aphids that he (-5[1])believes were implanted in his (10[1])body. In a play by this author, a teenager (-5[1])who watches the 1925 Phantom of the Opera on TV smokes pot with her aunt’s (10[1])creepy fiancé, (10[1])whom Johnna (10[1])hits on the head with a frying pan. (10[1])A 2026 revival of this author’s play Bug starred his wife, Carrie (10[1])Coon. The elderly poet of Meadowlark (10[1])quotes “The Hollow (10[1])Men” in a prologue (10[2])by this playwright before he leaves his pill-addicted wife and (10[1])drowns (-5[1])offstage. (10[1])In that play (10[2])by this author, Beverley’s funeral (10[1])draws members of the Weston family to Oklahoma. (10[1])For 10 points, name this playwright of August: Osage (10[1])County. ■END■ (10[4]0[5])

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