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Full Length
TTC and all the other acronyms IDK (5W/NB)
At a time when Lou is in desperate need of support, she finds a local group of womxn which all are, at present and like her, trying to conceive. Lou expected eventual friendship, maybe some shared Ubers, or at the very least some additions to her sad social calendar, but she definitely didn’t expect any new self-discoveries. Via regular check-ins, they help each other navigate the absurdities, complexities, and deeper meaning behind conception, parenthood, and body autonomy.
Sandcastles (2W 4M)
When the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 passed over Cape May, New Jersey, it took more than the roof of Julie’s home. Ruby, a war journalist recently fired from her job in Philadelphia, comes down to help an old… friend. And Frankie loses his emotional mooring when a chance meeting with Erik elicits something other than hate.
Firefound (3W 3M)
Six strangers of the late eighteenth century hunt for their memories of how and why they came to be at the edge of the world. Their story, they come to realize, is not just one of tragedy but of humanity in every part. Audience interactive.
Solo
A prisoner in her own vacation home, a young Mary Shelley treads the waters of inspiration and originality while among the summer company of her melancholic husband, demanding newborn, scandal-prone literary colleague, and the ever-haunting ghosts of her own jealousy, anger, and insecurities. The infamous contest of the ghost story is in full sway. And while Mary might resign herself to coming up short, her inner demons spark something that will either transcend or devour all in its wake.
Charon, the ferryman of Hades, is in desperate need of a break. You just happen to be next in line for passage into the Afterlife – your afterlife, to be exact. This is a short solo performance piece that uses the lens of the Ancient Greeks to consider the hardships of essential work. How you choose to compensate Charon for your own passage will determine where you end up.
Sea-sick and heart heavy with lingering grief, Janet Stewart – Lady Fleming, and governess to a young Mary, Queen of Scots – contemplates all the unladylike things that make a lady, and what awaits her in France. If they ever leave.
One Acts
The F Word (2W)
Mags comes home to her sick wife, Elise, after quitting another day job. Elise tries and fails to keep her online hobby a secret from Mags when she gets a surprise update years in the making. Mags reveals that Elise’s secret wasn’t so secret after all, and that she took advantage of Elise in one of the worst ways.
Votive (1W 1M)
In the middle of the night, a murderer enters a church looking for forgiveness and ends up granting absolution to someone forgotten by his country. Two children of two different points in Irish history converge along separate paths of grief to better understand their respective desires for blood and acceptance.
Shorts (5-10 minutes)
A Weight of Worlds (2W 2Any)
If you had the opportunity to meet the dueling forces behind your everyday decisions and actions, what would you say? More importantly, whose side would you choose if it were the last decision you ever had to make?
Short Stories (1W 1GQ)
Two friends meet at a coffee shop and exchange notes over drinks. They’re both aspiring writers with crazy schedules. And it’s been a while.
Tumble (2Any)
An interrupted rooftop smoke, some star-gazing, and a trampoline bring two Halloween party-goers together.
Lauren Davenport 