2021 Season Archive
The 2021 Season looked very different from what you’ve seen in the past, but we enjoyed the journey as we navigated a new adventure. In a dark time for live theatre, we were grateful to have an opportunity to evolve and continue honoring our mission with a hybrid season of world premiere audio plays, and socially distant live performances.
Laughing Wild
A HILARIOUS BLAST-FROM-THE-1980'S COMEDY
By CHRISTOPHER DURANG
Directed by JADE KING CAROL
Starring
DAN BUTLER as Man
MARY BACON as Woman
Scenic Design by YOU-SHIN CHEN
Lighting Design by YUKI NAKASE LINK
Sound Design by MEGUMI KATAYAMA
Costume Design by RODRIGO MUNOS
Production Stage Manager OLIVE LOUSIE TREE PLATH
In this hilarious blast-from-the-1980s comedy, two characters are overwhelmed by the things happening in the world around them. Desperate for connection in a sea of provocative pitfalls, they seek sanctuary in asylums, clinics and, during the course of the play, a theater. A timely and edgy look back to a time not so long ago, Laughing Wild will leave you screaming with laughter - or maybe just screaming!
Starring
DANNY JOHNSON as Stephen
LELAND FOWLER as Ty
Scenic Design by CHRISTOPHER and JUSTIN SWADER
Costume Design by FABIAN FIDEL AGUILAR
Lighting Design by YUKI NAKASE LINK
Sound Design by MEGUMI KATAYAMA
Casting by JUDY BOWMAN, CSA
Dramaturg GRAHAM SCHMIDT
Production Stage Managers SAM TIRRELL and JULIA BATES
Recently divorced Stephen and his millennial son, Ty, set out on a camping trip to their old stomping grounds in southeastern Texas. As an important family event approaches, father and son attempt to survive the woods, and one another, braving the bears and reckoning with the wilderness of their past. Despite low cell signal and high emotions, these two characters try their best to connect in this timely play that illuminates as it entertains. In this honest and poetic comedy about family, playwright travis tate explores masculinity and queerness through the lens of multi-generational Blackness.
Queen of the Night
FATHER AND SON BRAVE THE WILDERNESS IN A POETIC COMEDY ABOUT FAMILY
by TRAVIS TATE
Directed by RAZ GOLDEN
Pipeline Staged Reading:
Scarecrow
Written and performed by HEIDI ARMBRUSTER
Directed by DINA JANIS
Will the bulls chase her off the property or will she garden herself into oblivion? SCARECROW is one woman’s look back at the last 33 days of her father’s life. A New York City actress lands herself on her family’s dairy farm to grieve herself back to life. But can she ever make enough meatloaf to feel a sense of purpose again now that her most important person is no longer on the planet? A look at loss and survival. Resilience and renewal. And Hallmark movies. A rip roaringly hilarious and unbelievably touching journey of roller coasters, kittens, and cows. SO MANY COWS!
Stage-Free AUDIO PLAYS