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Husbands

Husbands is comedy about three married men who unexpectedly collide at the same table in a coffee bar—each convinced it’s their table, their one sacred hour of peace in an otherwise chaotic life. What begins as a ridiculous territorial dispute, evolves into weekly meetings—ones they all secretly come to need. As their personal lives spiral in wildly unexpected directions—one man’s wife embarks on a gender transition, forcing him to navigate shifting dynamics within his marriage and himself; one man’s husband undergoes a complete sexual metamorphosis, upending their long-held roles and expectations; and one man, once drowning in homeschooling an overabundance of children, suddenly finds himself thrust back into the workforce when his wife leaves her job—only to discover he misses the chaos of parenting—the husbands’ gatherings transform from a battle of grievances into an unshakable bond. They come face-to-face with their own preconceptions, blind spots, and long-held beliefs, often realizing how utterly absurd their conflicts are. The intensity of their confrontations frequently collapses into uncontrollable laughter, leading to the most unusual of bonds. One set, three characters.

An Envelope in the Wind
An Envelope in the Wind
 is a haunted house ghost story driven by two strong female leads. Estranged sisters Diane and Julie are reunited when they both inherit the same haunted house—a place with a history of murders. But Diane suffers from amnesia, unable to remember her own past, and soon begins to question Julie’s motives. Is she truly the loving sister she claims to be, or is that a mask for something more sinister?

As Diane grapples with disappearing footprints, the presence of a young girl only she can see, footsteps creaking on the roof—and the chilling realization that a man she was just intimate with was actually a ghost—her grip on reality begins to unravel. When she shares these experiences with Julie, the boundary between memory and nightmare blurs for both of them. Overwhelmed with terror, they are thrust into a waking nightmare where the ghosts of their past collide with the mortal danger that stalks them, forcing them to fight for both their sanity and survival. One set, three actresses, one actor.

Unbalanced/Irresistible

Structured as a courtroom drama where truth is as elusive as justice, Unbalanced/Adorable shifts between past and present as two men act out the opposing testimonies of a volatile relationship—while also stepping into the roles of the lawyers arguing their case. The play continually moves between the courtroom, where each man presents his version of events, and the fractured past they claim to be telling, blurring the boundaries between testimony and memory. This is a unique case due to the low statistics of how often battered men report abuse, adding weight to the voices struggling to be heard. What begins as a romantic comedy between Dylan, a guarded CEO, and Jeremy, a magnetic but chaotic kindergarten teacher, spirals into darkness as their past traumas distort reality. The cycle of their relationship echoes something far older—the wounds of childhood abuse that neither fully escaped. As accusations fly and memories fracture, the play interrogates the fine line between truth and fabrication, revealing how the ghosts of the past can shape, twist, and even threaten to destroy the people we become. Several settings, two actors.

Walking Upside Down

Walking Upside Down is an absurdist comedy set in London, where Walker, a banker nicking fake loot to prop up his self-esteem, fumbles through life with Ryan, his lover, whose memories of how they met are as wobbly as a jelly on a trampoline. Then there’s Paige, a cabaret singer who only knows one bloody song and has the peculiar habit of being swept clean off her feet by a howling gale while everyone else enjoys a bit of calm.

The trio wrestles with the slippery nature of reality, from the baffling moment when Walker’s therapist of ten years swears blind he’s never seen him before, to the agonizing predicament of whether to clap when Paige belts out her tune to an audience of absolutely no one—a decision so grave it might as well be a matter for Parliament. They slip, they stumble, they take a right tumble—over each other, over Reality, over Absurdity—flailing about like a trio of drunkards on an ice rink, all while desperately trying to keep their chins above water as the universe stands at the shore, chucking rocks in just for a laugh.

Vagabond

America, 1853, the last days of handmade shoemaking with the dawn of The Industrial Revolution. Factories of the Industrial Revolution are taking over, crushing the old ways, and in a small Pennsylvania town, the last surviving shop clings to life. Joey, a shoemaker, has only ever known this world—until Paul, a wandering outsider, arrives. With poetry in his heart and the freedom of the road, Paul ignites romantic feelings Joey doesn't understand. But in this tiny town, this new love could cost him everything. Meanwhile, Curtis, Joey’s lifelong friend, clings to a crumbling idea of manhood, blind to the desires he refuses to name, while Sean, drowning in grief and whiskey, watches the past slip away with every drink. As the Industrial Revolution burns down their way of life, survival, love, and loyalty collide. Joey faces the ultimate question—escape, or be buried alive with the past? Vagabond is a searing drama of passion and repression at the breaking point of history, where those who can’t outrun change are left in the ashes.

An Abnormality of the Mind

​In An Abnormality of the Mind, juror Dean Brady confronts his own childhood trauma while evaluating the case of Lucas Silver, a man who has served his sentence for child sexual abuse and is now being retried to determine whether his mental state makes him a continued threat to society or if he should be released. As Dean becomes increasingly fixated on Lucas, he finds himself drawn into the prisoner’s unraveling psyche due to the retrial. Just as he is about to be released after 17 years behind bars, Lucas now faces the terrifying prospect of being locked away for life. The jury is burdened with deciphering a crystal ball from the witnesses, forced to choose between keeping a man who has served his time behind bars or releasing someone who may offend again. The entire judicial process is absurd in a way that unravels all reason. Utilizing vast imagination and theatricality, this courtroom drama interrogates justice, identity, and the fragile line between perception and reality.

Lost Ticket Stubs on the Carnival Grounds 

Lost Ticket Stubs on the Carnival Grounds is a comedy about three women and a man whose lives unfold in an absurdist world of magical realism and poetic storytelling. Ivy yearns for a child with Jude, a man so fragmented he exists in an alternate reality—lost between the terror of the future knocking and the bliss of imaginary flowers drifting from the sky. Ruby and Olivia’s passionate love compels them to plan a wedding over and over—only to forget it each time, tangled in a whirlwind of lace and tulle where devotion dissolves into chaos. Together, the four navigate the crumbling splendor of an amusement park where love is both ephemeral and eternal, memory is unreliable, and time dissolves. Through heightened language, absurdist storytelling, and moments of playful clowning, the play becomes a poetic meditation on impermanence, connection, and the strange magic that holds everything together—until it doesn’t.  

 

Loving Diamond

Loving Diamond is a romantic comedy infused with mysticism, longing, and cosmic adventure. Gideon, a recovering addict and former renowned chef, now works as a sex worker to save for culinary school. But before he can reclaim his future, he’s pulled back to his past—Diamond, the ex he never let go of. Once a miracle-working mystic, Diamond has abandoned his divine gifts to fit into the world of his practical fiancé, Chester, who once had him committed for believing in his own power. Determined to rekindle their love—and rescue Diamond’s lost self—Gideon enlists Star, a tough yet vulnerable tomboy who survives on charm but longs for a father figure in Gideon.

As Gideon and Diamond’s connection reignites, reality bends—on stage, they travel to another planet, swept up in their lost magic. But just as passion surges, Chester walks in, forcing Diamond to choose between the stable life he’s built and the miraculous love he left behind. Tensions clash between faith and fear, destiny and doubt, and the messy beauty of rebuilding love and family.

 

Sleep With Me at Your Own Risk 

Sleep With Me at Your Own Risk is a one-man comedy chronicling the chaotic and often disastrous adventures of a man at the mercy of his sleepwalking. From walking into walls to leaping out of bed and smashing his head into a window, nearly wandering out of his apartment naked, and even dancing West Side Story on his husband, his nocturnal escapades are wildly unpredictable. When his sleepwalking turns violent, he’s driven to the edge of insanity, embarking on a desperate quest for help. Along the way, he’s forced to confront old wounds and hard truths, but even in his darkest moments, he struggles to wield humor as his sharpest tool for survival.

 

Ticket to Eternity

Ticket to Eternity is an absurdist comedy about Dan Daniels driven to be a of famous actor by his parents when all he really wants to do is be a waiter. The absurdity thrives in such locations as Café Fame and The Denial Bar and Grill, with his mother jumping out of characters to stop Dan from succumbing to his desire to be a waiter before flying to heaven to complain to God, causing his father’s soul to fly out of his mouth. An Ensemble of four actors play all the extravagant characters, with heightened language and the exploration of theatricality by how the actors use the space. Fame, lust, identity, family ghosts, reality turning inside out, we are all traveling through the perilous space of Dan’s mind.

Falling Awake

Falling Awake is a romantic comedy about the afterlife. In the eccentric newsroom of Downtown Village News—“The Left of What’s Left of What’s Left”—two women search for the men they loved in a supernatural realm. One man breaks through the barrier of death to visit, while the other transforms into a star cluster, hurtling through outer space—right there in the office. As the boundaries between life and death dissolve, uncanny encounters with charismatic characters who seem to carry the men’s souls challenge their grief and offer a chance to rediscover meaning, love, and connection in the most unexpected ways.​

Riptide

Content Warning: This play contains explicit depictions of sexual addiction, trauma, and childhood abuse. It explores deeply disturbing themes, including a confrontation between a survivor and their abuser. If you are sensitive to these topics, please consider whether this material is right for you. If Riptide were a film, it would be rated X. Adrian Bradley has spent years building a life with the man he loves, holding onto recovery from sex addiction with everything he has. But one slip—one night—jeopardizes everything. Caught in the relentless pull of his addiction, Adrian embarks on a desperate fight to reclaim his life. Rehab is just the beginning. The real battle comes when he confronts his mother—his perpetrator—in an encounter so shattering it nearly destroys him. Returning home, raw and broken, he begs the man who once stood by him to take him back. Their love is forever—but is that enough for the relationship to last?

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