1 Weekend. 1 Full Production.
4 Staged Readings.
Brand New Plays. World-Class Playwrights.
Right Here In Waco.
Vampire Panic! by Kate Mickere | Full Production
In 1890’s New England, a wave of consumption is wreaking havoc in a small town. The local doctor is using the epidemic to sell his fraudulent elixirs and tonics, young women are actively trying to catch the disease to achieve their dream figures and a preacher woman has everyone convinced that consumption is caused by vampires. (That’s right, blood sucking undead VAMPIRES.) When the logical Lucy Greene returns home to care for her orphaned niece, she takes it upon herself to teach her neighbors about germ theory but will her recent encounter in Europe dilute her message? Inspired by true historical events, Vampire Panic! is a gothic pandemic comedy that reminds us that medical misinformation, conspiracy theories and general hysteria aren’t just byproducts of the Covid era.
Winter's End by J.S. Puller | Staged Reading
An absurdist retelling of the Persephone myth from Greek legend, examining and questioning the fact that in most tellings of the story, Persephone has no voice and makes no active choices of her own. Paralleling Persephone's helplessness is the current debate raging over reproductive rights. Cassie, a young college student, runs away from anti-abortion activists to find herself in the house of the underworld where she must navigate the absurdities of "the way things have always been done" to try to help Persephone make a choice of her own.
Another Reason Not to Go by Jessica Fisher | Staged Reading
Gabby grew up with her mom, her stepdad, and her stepbrothers in Colorado Springs. When she moves to New York, her family becomes religious, and eventually abusive to her mother. She moves her mom out. Her stepbrothers stop talking to her. Her stepfather dies. Years go by, she becomes engaged to a woman, and one day she receives an invitation to her younger stepbrother’s wedding. She must decide whether or not to face her old life, and confront what she's been missing...needless to say, she goes.
Let Light Like Blood by Steven San Luis | Staged Reading
In a world without sun, stars, or moon, the only way we have light is through fireflies. And the only person who can herd the fireflies is the Firefly Cowboy. And she has had enough. In a Dark World, Reader dies in a tragic Polaroid accident, so Lola must follow a firefly to a lighthouse to save her. Lola and her firefly first encounter two miners who force Lola to face her grief head on, so Lola decides to ditch her firefly and walk the Dark World alone. She quickly learns this was a mistake when fireworks saleswomen almost trick her into giving up her only match. Lola eventually reaches the lighthouse, only to learn that the light inside has spoiled. She strikes her match for one last look at her long, lost Reader.
Lumin by Emma Gibson | Staged Reading
The pigs are stressed, Liv won’t eat, and Ma wants everyone to follow the Constitutions. Set in a modern-day cult on the outskirts of the Chihuahuan desert in Texas, this new play about our need for community, asks why the line between delusion and what the rest of us believe, is getting blurrier than ever.
The Full Schedule
Thursday, November 6
7:30 Vampire Panic!
Friday, November 7
7:30 Vampire Panic!
Saturday, November 8
5:00 Winter's End
7:30 Another Reason Not to Go
Sunday, November 9
2:30 Lumin
5:00 Let Light Like Blood
7:30 Vampire Panic!
