2020 Shows

Audacity Theatre Lab

DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE

by Brad McEntire and Jeff Hernandez

Security guard Daylan Hillis feels underappreciated in his job at a top secret government facility. One night, his otherwise boring shift is interrupted by an encounter with strange intruders and a chance to show what he is really capable of.

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Laughter League

UP THE DOWN LADDER

by Dick Monday and Tiffany Riley

Two isolated, eccentric humans invent an elaborate story about the infestation of a royal family by their followers. Things soon grow frenzied and a series of farcical chases, violent arguments and ribald accusations ensue, culminating in a surprising, yet the tender  conclusion brought about by the royal family’s eviction.

Directed and performed by Dick Monday and Tiffany Riley

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Leos Ensemble

3 x 3: Three Short Scenes From Pre-Modern Playwrights

An Introduction by Margaret Cavendish

To the Lady Anne by Æmilia Bassano Lanier

Votes for Women! by Elizabeth Robins

A trio of powerful, passionate, political works by three trailblazing female playwrights and poets. This triple bill explores traditional themes of art, inclusion and identity from a decidedly feminist perspective and includes An Introduction by Margaret Cavendish, To Lady Anne by Æmilia Bass Lanier and Votes For Women! by Elizabeth Robins.

Directed by Nick Leos
Cast: Carissa Aguila, Taylor Mercado Owen, Blake Seabourn, Kelli J. Howard, Caitlin Chapa, Jon Garrard 

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Lily & Joan Theatre Company

REDEEMER MINE

Written by J.C. Pankratz

Adapted for Screen by Abigail Birkett, Emily P. Faith and J.C Pankratz based on the play by J.C. Pankratz

A virtual version of the National New Play Network offering and 2015 O’Neil National Playwrights Conference Finalist. Redeemer Mine focusses on Gloria,who returns home after her sister is caught cremating their mother, the prophet of a small-town doomsday cult. Spooky, heartbreaking, beautiful and sure to deliver a few shivers. 

Directed by Abigail Birkitt and Emily Faith
Cast: Savannah Elayyach, Sinclair Freeman, Gwen Pallas, Salomona Mendoza, Jad Saxton

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Vena Cava Productions

STRIKE!

by Zoe Kerr

During previews for a sure-to-be-doomed production of The Tell-Tale Heart: The Musicale, a Stage Manager slowly loses his sanity as he deals with overbearing directors, unprepared understudies and immense guilt over the past. Brought to you by the writer and director of the sold-out drive-in experience, Everything Will Be Fine by Prism Movement Theater, this new one-man show is sure to startle, excite and terrify.

MATURE CONTENT: HORROR

Directed by Zoe Kerr and Jeff Colangelo
Cast: Jeff Colangelo, Alisa Roca, Kwame Lily, Ivan Jasso, Zoe Kerr, Jeremiah Johnson, Mitchell Stephens

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Very Good Dance Theatre

PLANT MOM

created by the Very Good Dance Theatre Ensemble

Plant Mom focuses on a woman, at home alone with her plants, and explores feelings of isolation, loneliness, distance, and the longing for connection that many have recently grown to know more intimately. The question remains: Are these feelings really new, or have we been avoiding them all along?  

Cast: Lagniappe, William Acker, Elania Alspach, Colby Calhoun, Danielle Georgiou

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