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klondike
In this absurdist play devised by Erin Davis and Cas Berta for CompanyOne’s VoltLab — Two ex-lovers drive from Arizona to Nevada to procure a legal abortion. The desert haze thickens, the blood moon rises, and their entangled past emerges as they confront the question: what would you do for a klondike bar?
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The Chariot Reversed
Written in collaboration with Julia Hertzberg as our STAMP Senior Thesis
On a hot summer night outside of a sweaty concert, lovers Yara and Syd break up after watching local indie soft girl, basement concert hottie: Bailey Martin (👽) perform; throwing their friend group-and future living plans- into chaos and destruction. 🧍🏻♀️Will these bitches pull their shit together in time to figure out their living situation next year or will they finally have to move on and move out? 😵💫 With queer people, you never know who might kiss or take their shirt off 🥵🥵 or if your ex will be your bestie or your nemesis 😈😈 or what may happen at the next karaoke night 🗣
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honeyhole
Originally produced as part of Boston University’s Season of New Work in 2020, honeyhole takes place in a small town in South Georgia in the hotsweatyheat of a southern summer. honeyhole follows a young queer beauty queen’s journey with self-realization, first love, and her desire to fly away. When new-girl Ellis arrives in town, Lou begins to realize that the thing her mama has always thought would be her ticket to a bigger life outside of a few-stoplight-gossipy-sorta-town, might just be the thing that’s holding her back from becoming who she is, who she wants to be, and what she dreams of doing: hiking the Appalachian Trail like her father once did.
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“As a dramaturg, Erin is just as much a friend, advocate, and accomplice for the play as they are a keen and honest eye towards content, structure, and cultural references. They understands how form and structure serve storytelling, and have a great eye for what new research rabbit holes to go down that will enhance the world of the play. But most importantly, Erin is a delight to work with! She’s tough and tender, an empathetic listener, and willing to roll up her sleeves and do beat-by-beat suggestions, all for the love of new work. If you have an opportunity to work with Erin... you absolutely should.”
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Walking the Tightrope
Directed by Nick Vargas
Wheelock Family Theatre 2021
“A story of family, loss, and the poetry of the circus. At the end of every summer, Esme goes to stay with her Nanna and Grammy Sofie. But this summer, Nanna Queenie is missing. Unable to express that Nanna Queenie has passed away, Grammy instead shares that Nanna Queenie has joined the circus. Grammy’s story unravels, however, when the circus comes to town.”
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Fabric
Written by Jo Mercado & Directed by Sophronia Vowels
Produced as part if the Playwrights Project at Boston University in 2019
“In an unnamed metropolis stands Verona, a lone ballroom. This grand cathedral of the gays hosts extravagant competitions where two households, much alike in dignity, throw shade, bitchslap, and vogue the house down. Verona provides a feisty haven for otherwise disenfranchised queer POC to celebrate themselves. But when two foreign faces step up to walk and stake their claim in the ballroom scene, Verona’s inhabitants are forced to tackle questions of inheritance, appropriation, otherness, and the safety of the fabric of their community.”
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Everything that Never Happened
Directed by Avital Shira
Boston University 2019 Season
“Jessica and Lorenzo are in love, but in order to be together they must plan an escape from her father's house, the Venetian ghetto, and her entire culture. Taking place in the gaps between The Merchant of Venice and the realities of Jewish history, Everything That Never Happened is a play about a father, a daughter, disguise, assimilation, pomegranates, and everything Shakespeare left out. “
