2022
The Dragonflies
Virtual Reading - January 2022
Playwright: Kayla Hambek -- Director: David Schlosser
Cast: David Coral, Philip Matthews, Mia Debbins, Suzanne Victoria Cross, Jon Taylor, Tara Lucchino
What does it take to find your soulmate? Then, once you’ve found them, what does it take to stay with them forever? Maxwell and Juliet have been best friends for over 40 years. When Juliet falls ill, Maxwell does his best to cheer her up by reminiscing about their good times together (even if a few bad times pop up along the way). Set in 2049, with flashbacks to the 2000s and beyond, The Dragonflies explores what friendship means in our lives, and what it takes to protect that soulmate.
LEMURIA
Performed live at Black Hart of Saint Paul - March 26, 2022
Playwright: Bonnie Antosh -- Director: Denzel Belin
Cast: Maureen Bourgeois, Brandon Cayetano, Johanna Keller Flores, Hope Nordquist,
Maggie Mae Sulentic, Holly Windle,
Stage Directions: Matthew A. Everett
Professor Anabelle Katz-Carver, the greatest primatologist since Jane Goodall, runs her elite research lab as a strict matriarchy. After grooming potential successors for decades, she's finally ready to choose an heir — but in the animal kingdom and in our own, how does a queen pass the crown on to another queen? LEMURIA is an inheritance drama about dominance, queer Southern scientists, academic lineage, sex, and - yes - lemurs.
Torrid + Reckless
Performed live at Black Hart of Saint Paul- June 18, 2022
Playwright: André M. Zucker -- Director: Miriam Monasch
Cast: MJ Leffler, Rachel Postle, Eric Lee, Linda Sue Anderson, David Schlosser
Stage Directions: Matthew A. Everett
“Torrid + Reckless” is about the trial of lovers and business partners Margarette C. Anderson and Jane Heap who published a literary magazine in the early twentieth century. They were put on trial by the US Post Office for obscenity due to their publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Taking place in New York in 1918 and Paris in 1923 this play deals with some of the earliest pioneers of LGBTQ rights and freedom of speech.
The Visible
Performed live at Black Hart of Saint Paul - September 24, 2022
Playwright: Sam Walsh -- Director: David Schlosser
Cast: Raquelle Paulsen and Shelby Fenn
Stage Directions: Matthew A. Everett
The Visible takes place at an isolated rural gas station during a nasty winter storm where we meet Estie, a trans woman in her 60's, who is right at home. Jen, a cis woman in her 30's, arrives for her first shift and seems unprepared for the harsh realities that come with a job like this. As the storm intensifies, the emotional guard-walls of these two women begin to erode, revealing surprising vulnerabilities and strengths.
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