SENSITIVE GUYS
Will is a freshman at Watson college. Jordan is a senior film major. Tyler is writing a novel for his thesis. They are all members of the Men’s Peer Education group. At meetings they spend hours unpacking questions like: “what is male privilege? And what can we do about it?” They love each other and the group. Until some accusatory posters start appearing around campus suggesting that a member of the group committed sexual assault. Could it be that even sensitive guys, guys working on their privilege sometimes turn violent or aggressive? In this play women and gender non-conforming people play men trying to understand the intricacies of masculinity and violence. Development: InterAct Theatre, Playpenn, World Premiere: InterAct Theatre, 2018.
SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA
Archer (still Angela to his family) returns home to the forests of eastern Oregon to care for his sick father. At night under the oldest Ponderosa Pine, he meets a stranger who knows the history of the forests. Development: Yale School of Drama, New Harmony Project, Aurora Theater. World Premiere New Conservatory Theatre Center 2016. New York Premiere National Asian American Theater Company 2016. Chicago Premiere Redtwist Thetre 2018. Winner Aurora Theater Global Age Project 2014.
MASCULINITY MAX
Max has recently transitioned into being a man, and to celebrate, the men of his family decide to throw him a big Super Bowl party. But what if the guys in his family aren’t the kind of men he wants to be? An irreverent comedy that follows Max as he stumbles through dating, navigates trouble with roommates, and boosts his career at the bike cooperative, all while struggling with the gender traps he once fought against. Lark Play Development Center, Public Theater Studio Program.
A WALRUS IN THE BODY OF A CROCODILE
A support group for things inside of things. A class for women writers. A raucous frat party. Strangers from different worlds meet on a train and unravel who they think they are. An absurd exploration of language and gender. Clubbed Thumb Winterworks 2018, Williamstown Theater 2019.
GALATEA
A trans love story set against the backdrop of a climate crisis. Loosely based on John Lyly’s 1585 play, Galatea tells the story of two young women from a village threatened with flooding who escape to the nearby woods disguised as boys and fall in love. WP Theater Pipeline Festival, Lark
EAT AND YOU BELONG TO US
Grands is a trans grandparent. Jaime is their genderqueer grandchild. They are both obsessed with Joan of Arc. Grands wakes up from gender affirmative surgery speaking French and claiming they survived a fire. The same day, Jaime, who has been pretending to be Joan of Arc for weeks, goes missing. Development: Page73, University of the Arts Incubator Program, Lark Studio Retreat.
HOW TO LIVE ON EARTH
Four individuals will be chosen for the mission of a lifetime. The only catch: they can’t come back. As applicants compete, they wrestle with what this means for their families, partners, and finally, themselves. What does it mean to leave Earth forever and what happens if you don’t get to go after you’ve already said goodbye? Development: New George, Colt Coeur. World Premiere: Colt Coeur, 2014.