Drama Local Playwright Original Work

Mike is an assistant professor at a state university in Florida, and he’s applying for tenure. However, he may lose his promotion and teaching position, because his controversial book about to be published may violate new state laws restricting academic freedom. His colleague / romantic partner, Kate, advises him to remove a chapter, so he can keep his job. But that may not be enough for the Dean, who dislikes Mike and wants him out of the department.

Mike’s father recently passed away, and the play begins with Mike at the family home in Texas. His mother, Margaret, and brother, Jon, want to sell the house to settle some family debts. Mike also learns that Gerald, his father’s son from a previous marriage, will inherit a portion of the estate since his father never made a will.

Mike wants to keep his job and save the family home, but there may be too many obstacles for him to do either. Tensions escalate as Kate becomes interim chair of his department and his brother gets an offer on the house. And in his dreams, Mike is haunted by the cowboy brother he never knew and the censored books hidden by his sister-in-law, Ashley, a middle school librarian. The play concludes with Matt forced to make choices about his career and family, leaving him with a new sense of home.

By Glenn Hutchinson

Rehearsals

May 10

Performances

May 17

Available Roles

Mike
Mid 30s

Assistant professor applying for tenure.

Kate
Mid 30s

Tenured professor, colleague/friend of Mike.

Margaret
60s

Mother of Mike and Jon, recently lost husband.

Jon
Late 30s

Brother of Mike, realtor.

Ashley
Late 20s

Jon’s wife, middle school librarian.

Gerald
40s

Brother, son of Mike’s father from a first marriage.

Matt
50 - 60s

Chair of university department.

Comedy Dark Comedy Drama Local Playwright Original Work

The Bartender tends to her customers every day and night, concocting conversation and cocktails just the way the drinkers like them. She pours and pours and pours. Meanwhile, her mother Julia shows up begging the Bartender to read the memoir that she wrote about the time she killed her daughter’s dog. This traumatic childhood experience bares its teeth when the Bartender has to make the decision on whether or not to end a life, reluctantly selecting when it’s time for someone to take their last breath.

By Amanda Rockhold

Rehearsals

May 11

Performances

May 18

Available Roles

Bartender
20s - 30s

She is the daughter of Julia. She makes drinks for her customers just how they like them. She struggles to confront her mother about a childhood trauma about her dog. She philosophizes to the audience and to Tolstoy, while doing her job as a bartender.

Tolstoy
60s

The father of Bartender. He has no lines, but barks occasionally. He is a sick and dying man. He wears a dog collar and is leashed to the bar.

Lonnie
20s - 40s

Friend of Miller. He shows up to the bar every day. He over exaggerates.

Miller
30s

Friend of Lonnie. He’s a romantic who looks for a date to his brother’s wedding. He works in the service industry.

Julia
60s

Mother to Bartender. She roams from place to place. She is always drinking. She wrote a memoir and desperately wants her daughter to read it. She is wildly inconsiderate.

Eliza
20s - 30s

She is running away from her old life. This bar is a stop for her before she leaves for California, if she indeed ever goes. She has a lazy, overweight brother who she killed because he killed her dog.

Daniel
40s

Handsome, clean-cut, intelligent, well-read. He’s also demeaning. He thinks women hate him.

Emily
20s - 30s

A pretty thing who wishes Daniel loved her. She yearns to change.

Karl
50s - 70s

The family lawyer for Bartender and Julia. He approaches Bartender apathetically.

The Pups

They are the orchestra and play music. They resemble dogs.

Comedy Drama Local Playwright Original Work

Three friends, two creeps, one stranger, and a bar. The bar. The one everyone knows. Specifically, the women’s restroom, though the sign on the door is often ignored.

This is the place where all secrets are revealed. Joints are lit, drinks are spilled, and souls are bared in this fast-paced, semi-Brechtian exploration of sexuality and relationships.

By Breanna Spink

Rehearsals

May 9

Performances

May 16

Available Roles

Virginia
Late 20s

“Virgin Virginia” to her friends, despite the fact she was married. Key word: “was”.

Henry
40s

The sleazeball, Charlotte's old high school teacher and new tinder match. Inexplicably southern. Can double as the Bartender but good luck :)

Charlotte
Early 20s

The slut, incredibly sex-positive but otherwise critical of the world around her. Turns into a philosopher when drunk.

Jay
Mid 20s

The ugly best friend, incredibly sex-positive but in a self-deprecating sort of way, “plus-sized” and very aware of it.

Max
Early 20s

Genderfluid, probably a bad influence, but they care a lot. Always gets
the ‘Stoner’ title despite smoking less than Jay.

Bartender

A well-meaning employee. Can double as Nudes Dude.

Nudes Dude

Jay’s plug, can double as Bartender.

Comedy Dark Comedy Drama Local Playwright Original Work

An explosive queer play following Soren and Ivan two gay men waiting in a clinic to be given a new drug that is supposed to stop the spread of STD's entirely (among other health benefits) and it's made by the government so it's fine right? I mean they're not trying to kill you? Right? Harrowing, hilarious, and deeply moving. They're tying to kill you is about the existential dread of being queer in modern America and the need to carve a space for community and queer voices. Because, let's face it diva. They're trying to kill you.

By Trev Turnbow

Rehearsals

May 10

Performances

May 17

Available Roles

Soren
20s

Gay, wistful, a cancer. Confused and thoughtful.

Ivan
20s

Gay, hot, smart, nihilistic yet ambitious.

Jean
30s

Gay, buff, always listening to techno.

Boston / Man
30s

Boston is a loon and the Man is just a man.