theater
PRETTY PERFECT LIVES
full-length play
(1w, 2m)
A relationship is put to the ultimate test when lifestyle influencer couple Tiffany&Tucker enter various augmented realities after being selected to join the Internet Reality Simulation-Project (IRS-P). A speculative fiction play about identity, obsession, internet addiction, and the dangers of turning life into content.
V H S
full-length play
(1W, 3M)
Fifty years in the future, Christopher and Tilly are rebellious siblings, living in a world where memories have been wiped from the public and all forms of art have been outlawed to prevent creative thinking. But Christopher has recorded his memories on VHS tapes and spends his days in a secret closet living in the past, while Tilly keeps a grand piano in the basement to keep the music alive. But the arrival of Guy, a young man who looks eerily similar to Christopher’s partner from decades ago, threatens to destroy the refuge they’ve made for themselves... A speculative fiction memory play about the simultaneous horrors of knowledge and ignorance.
xXPONYBOYDEREKXx
transmedia performance (theater/film/mixed digital media)
(2M)
xXPonyBoyDerekXx is young, hot, and horny. As his porn status escalates into internet fame, his personal and private lives become blurred, forcing him to navigate a treacherous digital path. Told through OnlyFans videos and Twitter posts, xXPonyBoyDerekXx is an unconventional coming-of-age story that exposes how the internet distorts reality and leaves a mark on the body.
BABY TALK
full-length play
(4m)
When Sammy starts seeing a new artificial intelligence therapist named SOLACE, he hopes that it will help him finally confront the intrusive thoughts that occupy his mind at just about every waking moment. But when his casual hook-up starts dating his roommate and his employer with a baby kink fires him, he falls down a dangerous, deadly rabbit hole. A play about service work, shifting power dynamics, and suicidal ideation in the age of OnlyFans, AI, and therapy-speak.
EXERCISE YOUR DEMONS
full-length play
(1w, 5m)
Max wants to be healthy. Brooks is his personal trainer. Russell is a fitness rat. Wiley makes money on OnlyFans. Looming among them is The Demon, an amalgamation of their greatest desire and fear - and there’s much more than exercise at stake when these men meet up at their local gym. In the aftermath of suicide, a group of artists must grapple with grief, sex, identity, body image, performance, and the demons that live inside all of us.
SONS THAT WEAR DRESSES & MOTHERS THAT LOVE SWEET POTATOES
full-length play
(3w, 2m)
When Malcolm returns home to Durham, NC for Thanksgiving, he discovers that his mother, Lillian, is being forced out of their childhood home. In its place, new apartments are being built. Across the street, twenty-something transplants Toby and Shay run on treadmills at Planet Fitness. They're not real friends - just gym friends. A play about gentrification, movement, and the meaning of home.
film
THE HOMIESEXUALS: A SOCIAL MEDIA TRAGEDY
short film
When Tripp Taylor, an attractive and queer-presenting TikToker, is attacked in a possible hate crime, the internet reaction grows from supportive to increasingly hostile, sparking a conversation on queerbaiting and straight male worship in the age of cancel culture and Gen Z activism. An experimental and ensemble-based short film intended to be viewed on a phone, The Homiesexuals explores the avalanche of online discourse and nuanced activism through TikToks, Facetimes, comment sections, and a myriad of other internet informational screentimes that have become our main source of connection.
Co-created by Ryan Dobrin and Gage Tarlton. Directed by Ryan Dobrin. Written by Gage Tarlton.
Made possible with funding from Seaview Productions, The Hulley Arts Foundation, Levy & Chauviere LLC, and Ken-Matt Martin.
co-writing
OUR OFFERING
digital play
Our Offering explores the truths of existence, identity, ancestry, and community. Audiences meet the townsfolk of Rivera Falls, the center of the world where the trees breathe and the people are kind, as The Guide takes them through time and space.
Created by Sis, co-written with Antonio Lasanta.
A CHRISTMAS OFFERING
digital play
In A Christmas Offering, the Guides are back with a holiday special unlike no other. Wrapped up in a story of the metamorphosis of tradition, the power of sisterhood, and the need for rest, this new virtual theatre experience explores how even the most powerful beings in the universe are affected by the troubles of the world they’re no longer apart of.
Created by Sis, co-written with Antonio Lasanta and Ciara Alyse Harris.