Bitter Better
Written by Angela Santillo
​Commissioned by Communal Spaces: a garden play festival
Featuring Leslie C. Nemet, Marilyn Oran, Michael Patrick Trimm

"With fierce energy and deep commitment, this ensemble ... compel[s] us with their intensity and make us forget the distance between performer and spectator, acting and being."
​— Eric Sonnenschein, "Discover Culture in Small Spaces"

Pictured: Leslie C. Nemet, Marilyn Oran & Michael Patrick Trimm. Photo by Emily Caffery.

Step
Written by Katherine Nelson
Premiere at BoxFest Detroit
Featuring Tricia Turek & Nicholas LaGrassa

​"There is a definite pattern to the emotions in this play, and Emily Caffery hits each rise and fall just right. There's special appeal in experiencing the actors' subtle gestures, some angry, some consoling, that give depth to the spoken word."
​— John Quinn, Between the Lines

Landlocked
Written by Cusi Cram
Midwest premiere at The Carriage House Theatre of Ann Arbor, MI
  
“I think that we are more what we have lost than what we have — what we throw away, leave behind, lose — tells us more about who we are than what we hold on to.”

Anna is a Swiss artist who makes beautiful collages out of trash she finds on beaches. At a gallery opening of her work, she meets Pierre-Luigi, a Bolivian restaurateur who discovers his dentures in one of her pieces, and Aldo, an American trash collector looking to make a fresh start in Switzerland. Anna begins seeing Aldo and starts a correspondence with Pierre-Luigi. But with each person running from their past, can any of them hope to find their place in the world? A poignant comedy about love, loss, teeth, and new beginnings.

Featuring Emily Wilson-Tobin, Siamak Nejad Davarani, Colleen Cartwright, Adam Weakley, Tricia Turek, and Dave Angus
Designed by Forrest Hejkal

Pictured: Tricia Turek & Dave Angus. Photo by Forrest Hejkal.