Plays
St. Joseph of Arimathea’s Home for Semi-Orphaned Strays
cast: 6, full length
Levi, a young seminarian, receives a mysterious message on the eve of his ordination that leads him to uncover a dark secret about his childhood home, St. Joseph’s - a place of which there is no record.
The Lost Gospels
cast: 3, one act
Set in a Condom Sense that used to be a Half-Priced Books, two recent graduates search for answers, identity, and comfort in the aftermath of their wildly different experiences of their shared hometown.
Jawbone
cast: 4, full length
Newlywed and born-again, Pavi is forced to reckon with a horrific crime she committed as a teenager on a trip to a childhood vacation spot with her new husband.
The Way it Tasted
cast: 5, one act
Once childhood best friends, Mel meets Lee on a deserted beach in the near future after years of estrangement to gift her a stolen, smuggled, ziplock bag - containing her mother’s ashes.
Feeding the Cat, Incorrectly, Several Times Over
cast: 5+, full length
Jo and Jen live parallel lives: They study medicine. They pay the rent. They fight with their partners. And they keep big secrets.
Lavani
cast: 3, 10 minutes
A young Tamil couple in an arranged marriage struggle to find their footing in America at the height of the Sri Lankan Civil War. When Lavani lands a high-profile reporting position, the couple clashes on how to proceed; are security and advocacy mutually exclusive? And which creates a world worth living in?
Naming
cast: 4, ten minutes
Sent to stay with foreign relatives during her parents’ divorce, American-born “D” grapples with the realities of her name, her family, and her rage.
Production photo from "Feeding the Cat..." at Echo Theatre (photo by Zack Huggins). Pictured: Mac Welch and Caitlin Chapa.
Production photo from "Feeding the Cat..." at Echo Theatre (photo by Zack Huggins). Pictured: Celeste Perez and Caitlin Chapa.
Production photo from "Feeding the Cat..." at Echo Theatre (photo by Zack Huggins). Pictured: Mac Welch and Danny Lovelle.
Production photo from "Feeding the Cat..." at Echo Theatre (photo by Zack Huggins). Pictured: Mac Welch, Caitlin Chapa, and Celeste Perez.
Production photo from "Feeding the Cat..." at Echo Theatre (photo by Zack Huggins). Pictured: Caitlin Chapa.
Photo from "Lavani" rehearsal at Bishop Arts Theatre. Pictured: Shyama Nithiananda and Alex Joshi.
Photo from "Lavani" rehearsal at Bishop Arts Theatre. Pictured: D.R. Hanson and Alex Joshi.
Photo from "Lavani" rehearsal at Bishop Arts Theatre. Pictured: Alex Joshi and Shyama Nithiananda.
Photo from "Lavani" rehearsal at Bishop Arts Theatre.
Rehearsal photo from "St. Joseph's...". Pictured: Melanie Peterman and Lyon Hamil.
Photo from virtual reading of "St. Joseph's...". Pictured: Sami Habib and Lyon Hamil.
Photo from virtual reading of "St. Joseph's...". Pictured: Michael Connolly.
Photo from a virtual reading of "The Lost Gospels." Pictured: Camilla Frontain, Lyon Hamil, and Ben Dawson. Photo by director Misti Wills.
Photo from a virtual reading of "The Lost Gospels." Pictured: Camilla Frontain and Lyon Hamil. Photo by director Misti Wills.