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Median by Grace Everett
Jane Conway is trapped between two worlds– too young for independence, but too smart for normalcy. When her mathematical prowess earns her early admission to a local college, Jane thrusts herself into a false pretense of adulthood against her father’s wishes, and as her lies take on a life of their own, she must confront hard truths about herself and her loved ones.
Touch Me My Exodus: An Ode to the Hood
By Isaiah Zavion Ayòrí
Five years after the murder of a beloved community member, in the Raunchy, Righteous & Gospel Ridden Deep South, Rya, a talented Young Black Gay Wrestler, Liturgical Mime, & Sex Worker, fights to break free from his Hood’s ancestral grip on him, but when unexpected spirits & events from his past resurface, Rya & those in his orbit must confront the deep, spiritual, & intergenerational roots of their seemingly inescapable suffering.
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Walls By Emma Burkey
Cath returns to her childhood home after her grandmother passes away and quickly realizes her family is not like how she left it. Her grief and her tumultuous relationship with her step-dad makes her seek comfort in her ex-boyfriend as she faces family secrets, dynamics and truths.
In the Garden by Ryen Jones
Gardens are teeming with life and require regular nourishment and care. However, if the water utilized is contaminated, it is impossible to prevent its deterioration. In the Garden follows a family of three—MA, BOECAL, and SENILE—and cuts between different times throughout their lives. We watch as they struggle to get past a loss that has defined their relationships and sense of self, despite their desire to grow and understand one another. If at all possible, they must learn to navigate their suppressed feelings, sift through thorny memories, and find a means to move forward.
10 Minute Plays
The Trial (By Jordan Dunne) follows three sisters conversing before the trial against their father in which they must all testify against him.
Body Reported (By Gene Berg) Three space cadets are the last remaining crewmates on their spaceship. One of them is not what they seem. Can they figure it out before it's too late?
Somewhere, In the Middle of Nowhere (By Meredith Blackcreek) After receiving a cryptic postcard in the mail, three teenagers embark on a one-way road trip across the Appalachian Plateau.
most people want to feel good most of the time, probably (By Beddie Slatkoff) A group of people, in their desperate attempt to achieve something, make up an episode of the news. Who knows what their sick, twisted plot could really be, at it's rotten apple core, but it has something to do with trying to plug the leak in the bottom of the boat.
Debutante Ball
Come celebrate our first year playwrights! Followed by a special award ceremony presenting the Interrobang Residency Prize, Donald M. Ephraim Achievement Award, Theatre School Dean's Prize, and the Lawrence Bundschu and Warren Snoddy Endowed Playwrighting Prize.
Tuesday, May 28th,
7:00-10:00 PM
Watts Theatre
May 32nd by Caylah Johnson
Ricky Evanson is a kindergartener experiencing the worst day of his life for the first time. Jay Evanson is his insomniac father, who’s always present physically but emotionally vacant. Jay is also the CEO of Dustbowl Incorporated, the largest sand supplier in Illinois. When Jay’s rogue career day presentation goes array, Ricky finds himself embarrassed in front of his entire class on the absolute last day of kindergarten. Worsening the matter, there’s a recording of this being used as promotional material all over the internet. He wants a do-over. Nell, the preschool teacher, informs him that time moves only forward. As the Son of the Sandman, Ricky thinks otherwise. Ricky rewinds the day through the perspective of each adult in his life in an attempt to stop this atrocity from happening. However, doing this causes the fragile psyche of adults to break open, exposing the flimsy, child-like coping mechanisms surrounding the permanence of time. Plus, at the end of the day, he’s only getting older. No, literally. His body ages rapidly every time he rewinds as a side effect. Freaky!
Rite by Leo Wescott Larson
Four avant-garde theatre artists design a performance piece with the aim of exposing the dangers of post-humanism and resisting its place in the arts. The concept for their show is simple: One randomly selected performer must read A.I. generated monologues until they collapse.
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