The Monkey, The Leopard and the Kitten

Act I

Mireille Silcoff discusses her “talent” for identifying which animal a person most resembles.

• Featuring Mireille Silcoff
• Jonathan Goldstein

Act II

Jonathan begins a monologue about which animal he would be and continues to muse upon “learned incompetence, ” and furniture. Meanwhile, he discusses what it would take for Sam Shalabi to agree to be his cuddly kitten.

Featuring:

• Sam Shalabi
• Jonathan Goldstein

Act III

Jonathan poses the question, “Which animal would you be?” to the regulars at Damico’s Coffee Shop in Brooklyn.

Notes: Mireille Silcoff is the author of Urban Animals: A Comic Field Guide and Archetype: Social Animals in Our Midst. She is also a founding editor of Guilt and Pleasure Magazine.

Sam Shalabi rocks it in the Shalabi Effect.