THE QUEEN OF BASEL (formerly MAGIC CITY) by HILARY BETTIS
An explosive elixir of power, class, and immigration status, which, when shaken hard with love and betrayal, creates a dangerous cocktail that threatens to destroy lives. This Spanish language infused contemporary adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie is set in the back kitchen of a Miami hotel during a night of debauchery. Spanish – in its various dialects – is used liberally throughout.
THE BIRDS OF EMPATHY by CLARENCE COO
Nathan is obsessed with the secret lives of birds. So when the ex-boyfriend announces his marriage; and mom moves off to Costa Rica; and anonymous hook-ups fail to satisfy; and the creepy childhood neighbor suddenly decides to travel cross-country to see him, Nathan turns to John James Audubon and his brilliantly illustrated Birds of America for insight on how to take flight himself. An evolving portraiture of a socially awkward gay man finding his way to connect.
DAMASCUS by BENNETT FISHER
It’s not easy to make ends meet in the airporter van business, especially as a Muslim immigrant from Somalia. So when a stranded white kid bribes Hassan far off-route, deep into the Midwestern winter, he figures the risk is worth it. Until it isn’t. A high-stakes, road-rage thriller that delves full-force into the misguided politics of terrorism.
THE FATALES by LAUREN GUNDERSON
An epic feminist pop crusade for a knowing justice, via musical defiance. It’s feisty, ridiculous, girly, and loud. It’s a bedazzled morality play, with music, that evokes and upends fantasies of women by shedding the performance of 5 pop music divas, to reveal the true, and truly brutal, reality of why they are singing for you tonight.
ENDANGERED SPECIES by NILAN JOHNSON
In a futuristic dystopian America only whiteness prevails; all signs and signals of otherness are banished. But when eight year-old Little Emma accidentally witnesses Mother Williams’s real hair, she awakens to the realization that underneath their wigs her family is Black, and she is called to The Heart of Darkness to save them. An afro-surrealist futuristic legend.
WE SWIM, WE TALK, WE GO TO WAR by MONA MANSOUR
While trying to navigate the currents of the Pacific, an Arab-American woman and her nephew dip into the treacherous waters of identity, family and allegiance. We Swim is an experimental piece meant to engage with audience perceptions and experiences.