Frack Off!: A Puppet Play

by Peder Anker, Michael Dinwiddie

Overview

Frack Off! unfolds amid one of the most volatile moments in recent American politics, the 2016 Trump campaign, when disbelief, exhilaration, outrage, and amusement collided. As the MAGA movement surged and public debate turned electric, the nation seemed to teeter between spectacle and seriousness.

Instead of adding to the digital noise, Peder Anker and Michael D. Dinwiddie turn back to an older medium: European puppet theatre. Here, the devil scheme, dogs speak blunt truths, and stereotypes shrink to wooden likenesses we can finally see clearly enough to laugh at. Blending satire, tradition, and contemporary anxiety, Frack Off! offers a puppet play for our troubled, uncertain times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798260393529
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	12/13/2025
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

Peder Anker is a Professor at Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. He is the author of six books on the history of ecological design and environmentalism, including his latest book For the Love of Bombs: The Trail of Nuclear Suffering (2025). His creative work has been on display at the International Architecture Biennale in Venice.

Michael D. Dinwiddie was a Professor at Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. He was a playwright, academic, composer, and scholar of Black theater. In addition to his own work and contribution to Black literature and theatre, he led major efforts that led to New York University commemorating the African Grove Theater as part of a new building opening in 2023.