Fantasy and reality clash when a movie director, hired to helm a documentary about how cartoons are made, finds himself at the world’s most famous animation studio in the midst of a polarizing labor strike. Suggested by real events at the Disney Studio in 1941, DIZGRUNTLED takes a hard look at the growing pains of creative companies.
Cast:
Historically these characters were white, but any-race casting is encouraged.
MEN:
ALFRED WERKER, 45, a freelance film director.
WALT DISNEY, 30-45, producer of animated cartoons.
NORM FERGUSON, 28-38, animator of “Pluto”.
ART BABBITT, 34, animator of “Goofy”.
WOMEN:
MRS. BENCHLEY, 50, a fictitious wife.
HELEN BLUME, 30, an artist (these two roles can be doubled).
ENSEMBLE ACTORS:
COMMIE RABBLE-ROUSER, STUDIO GUARD, HUMPHREY (25, an uptight studio page), ARTISTS/STRIKERS, HUAC CHAIRMAN (offstage voice)
