LOLCow by Casey Ross is a 2-character play, that dives head first into the dark parts of the world wide web and those who become famous (or infamous) on it. Even though this play centers around modern Internet culture, don’t be fooled—the topics explored about human nature in this play are shockingly… timeless.
Luke Keith is moderately successful YouTube commentator who specializes in LOLCow commentary. His favorite subject is the former child-star turned YouTube personality, Jasper “Max” Malcom. In a ‘wild west’ of morality, like the Internet, Luke prides himself in upholding his rules of what makes a deserving target for online trolling. He lives by standards such as “…great LOLCows are not good people”, until a fresh new scandal around his star subject, Jasper, brings to light all the flaws in having rules for navigating the Internet—because rules, and those who make them, are only made to be broken online…
