Legless Cheetah

by Shannon McCormick

Legless Cheetah?

Man, Legless Cheetah was the fastest—and meanest—tube of all time.

"Legless Cheetah" IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL AND MAY NOT BE DOWNLOADED, TRANSMITTED, PRINTED OR PERFORMED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
I've been interested recently in how short one can make a piece that is both text-driven and theatrical. I performed this piece while smoking, with one leg up on a chair. The first line was delivered as if the audience had just asked me about a legendary character whom I remembered fondly. The second line was delivered with slight pauses built in around the words. At the end, I exhaled a big cloud of smoke and looked wistfully into the distance while the lights came down slowly.

If anyone is interested in performing this, they can play around with the delivery however he or she chooses, but the delivery described above worked really well.

"Legless Cheetah" debuted November 22, 2002, performed by Shannon McCormick.

Performed at No Shame / Charlottesville on December 6, 2002. Performed by Todd Ristau.
Performed at No Shame / Los Angeles on December 13, 2002. Performed by Dave Ulrich.
Performed at No Shame / Verona on February 22, 2003. Performed by Todd Ristau.
Performed at No Shame / Cedar Falls on February 28, 2003. Performed by Luke Pingel.
Performed at Best of No Shame (Charlottesville) on March 27th, 28th & 29th, 2003.

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