In Development: Full Lengths
BOTTOM’S DREAM
Nicholas Bottom, famed tragedian of the Mechanicals, laments for the sense of family he had felt during his brief time in the fairy kingdom. Peasblossom, Nick's favorite, also yearns for the fatherly connection she felt with Bottom. So she decides to steal away and pose herself as an orphan girl, hoping to be adopted. However, this angers the Indian Boy, who swears violent vengeance of whoever stole his bride away. A continuation of "The Mechanicals in Elsinore".
ET TU
A mysterious Summerstock program invites eight college actors to work under the tutelage of a famous Shakespeare director. But when one staging exercise goes too far, the students have to survive the director's vile schemes.
THE FUCKBOYS OF CANTERBURY
An Austin-inspired story with a modern twist, "The Fuckboys of Canterbury" draws a direct line between the actions of courting between today and yesterday. Full of anachronisms and classic relationship arcs, "FoC" explores how different, and similar, we are to our ancestral wooers.
HEDDA: A PLAY WITH MUSIC
Hedda, the daughter of a legendary rocker and producer, is reunited with her former bandmate, Al, after a stint in rehab. Now engaged to a milquetoast musician and pursued by her former bandmate-turned-label head, Brack, Hedda must find her way out of the mundane and regain control over her own life again.
An adaptation of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler with original music.
LEVEL HEAD
A psychologist testifies in court when his patient is found guilty of murder.
THE MECHANICALS IN ELSINORE
Nick Bottom and the Mechanicals have fallen upon hard times until they hear about a high paying gig in Elsinore. Little did they know that they were heading to their untimely doom.
NEW YEARS
Every year, Fred and his son, Tim, have celebrated New Years together. But as the years go on, and perceptions shift, the fatherly bond is tested and strained. Can the two men keep the tradition alive when it is the only thing holding them together?
NUCLEAR FAMILY
A family survives a nuclear blast, but just because the landscape is gone, does that mean their domestic life must be blown away too? Leave It To Beaver meets Fallout in this dark comedy.
OEDIPUS JUST DOESN’T GET IT
King Oedipus' kingdom is falling into pieces, and despite everyone trying to show him the truth, he simply doesn't see it. A facial romp through Thebes as everyone tries to get this blind figure to see his clearest flaws.
THE REST IS SILENCE
Hamlet returns to Elsinore to find his father dead, his uncle king and his new father-in-law. And that simply won't do. A rock opera based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
SONGS OF ARDEN
A young man, running from his life, stumbles across a band a wandering souls in the woods, and with them learns about himself and his place in life, all the while making some great music. Inspired by Shakespeare's As You Like It.
STAGED READING
Interactive Full Length.
A staged reading of a college produced work is underway, bringing in all forms of theatre student into one room. Plays out in real time.
TRUE TO ONESELF
2M, 3W
Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" shakes the theatrical world when it premieres, and in Berlin, famous actress Hedwig Niemann-Raabe refuses to play Nora unless the ending is changed, upending the entire production. As Ibsen wrestles with this censorship, an old friend, Laura Kieler, appears on his doorstep
WHAT COULD GO WRONG AT A SUNDAY MATINÉE?
Kelsey Savanch, a reclusive playwright, has decided to attend a production of their new show, unbeknownst to the cast and crew of said show, who are currently on the verge of collapse. When the two leads decide to completely rewrite the ending without telling anyone else, the entire production falls apart as they all sit powerless to watch. Will they be able to save the show by the final curtain?
WHEN JESUS SACKED THE TEMPLE OF DRAG
Jesus, a young up and coming drag queen, thinks they have found a home in the illustrious "Temple of Drag", the zenith of the drag world. But after their opening performance, Jesus is faced with a momentous decision.