MEPHISTOPHELES
Mephistopheles is an illustrated demon’s monologue about rebelling against tyranny and embracing one’s own power. It takes and remixes lines and words originally uttered by Mephistopheles and other demonic figures in Christopher Marlowe’s 16th century play The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus. Mephistopheles is a gender justice fundraising zine and all profits are donated to local organizations leading this work. Sales have previously benefitted the Transgender Gender-variant Intersex Justice Project, or TGIJP.
The DRAMATIZED READING
I combined my love of Mephistopheles and of dramatized readings into a short film in which I deliver this heretical monologue: