Two girls in a duo, but one playing a guy?

[Coco Rico Bellafonte]

I've found a truly remarkable duo that I wish to use next year, but it's girl/guy. I suppose the easiest thing would be to find a guy partner, but my partner is a girl and we work REALLY well together. Would it be completely taboo if I played a guy, or should I stick with tradition?

[KayTeeCal]

Ahh... I'd stay clear of it... Unless it's humorous and you could really punch out some funny material, otherwise it'd just be awkward.

[DavidSSabb94]

Less awkward than the reverse, I would imagine.

[prosergal]

Is there anything gender specific in the piece? Does the situation or some lines/gags rely on the dynamic of a male/female pairing? Because if so then I would suggest finding a male partner. If gender does not really matter, but the writer just decided on a male/female partnership, then I would just play it as two females, not you playing a guy (that could be awkward and alienate your audience with them asking, "Why is she a he?"). You will have to check your league's rules and see if you can even do that b/c if you did play it as two females a name change would have to be done and some areas do not allow for any changing of anything.

I mean, I competed in Illinois where "Material other than the author's work must be limited to 15%." Thus, when my partner and I did The Producers I could change Leo Bloom to Lea Bloom and be completely legal for competition. And our piece did fairly well, placing in a few tournaments during the season and getting generally good marks throughout.

If the piece only has one or two jokes based around gender then you could theoretically cut out those jokes and play the piece as two females if the jokes were just filler. Editing can be your friend here!