Past Seasons
· Season 16 ·
Trevor
By Nick Jones Directed by Milo Mechem-Miller and Kyra Bomberger Performed by Chloe Bay, Kyra Bomberger, Nicole Evanson, Paul Maskill, Ethan Mullen, Frieda Sua, Hayden Treves
Inspired by true events, Trevor is a subversive comedy about fame, success, and the lies we tell ourselves in order to keep people from taking away an erratic, 200-pound chimpanzee. At the center of this hilarious and heart-wrenching play are two individuals fighting against a world unable to understand their love: Trevor, a chimpanzee who once performed in commercials with the likes of Morgan Fairchild, and his owner Sandra, who swears he would never hurt a fly...at least not on purpose. A moving exploration of family, flawed communication, and humanity.
THE SHADOW BOX
By Michael Cristofer Directed by Dominick Borges and Ella Molinaro Performed by Buppie Antonio, Aiden Barham, Nadia Hammon, Jack Hillstrom, Isaac Huff, Sophie Jordan, Kate Petersen, Miles Pralle, Maddie Salafsky, Alex Snell
In this compelling dramatic triptych, three terminally ill patients dwell in separate cottages on a hospital's grounds. The three are attended and visited by family and close friends: Agnes and her mother Felicity, estranged further by the latter's dementia; Brian and Beverly, whose marital complications are exacerbated by Brian's new lover, Mark; and Joe and Maggie, unready for the strain of Joe's impending death and its effect on their teenage son.
Indecent
By Paula Vogel Directed by Kyle Gerstel and Maddie LaRue-Barton Performed by Tal Brown, Cooper Gregg, Rocks Gudwin, Sylvie Kelderman, Ray Nichols, Aida Richey, Chloe Rigler
A deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it.
· Season 15 ·
Founders, Keepers
by Aurora Behlke
Directed by Luna Martin and Milo Mechem-Miller
Performed by Nika Berrington, Julia Freitas-Gordon, Kate Gormley, Bianca Mariani, Kiera Ohtake, Eloise Sax
Five 5th grade girls are chosen for a government-funded project to "rebuild their beloved country" after a nationwide crisis hits. Their task? Rewrite the Constitution of the United States. Friendships form and break as these young women grasp at what it means to grow up in a broken democracy. - New Play Exchange
The Untold Yippie Project
By Becca Schlossberg
Directed by Ursula DeBray and Eloise Maguire
Performed by Rosy Allen, Dominick Borges, Jack Drake, Francesca Flamini, Cordelia Janow, Chloe Kampmeier, Sean Kelly, Paul Maskill, Grace Molinaro, Ethan Mullen, Ari Williams
Little-known fact: On August 6, 1970, a group of Yippies planned an Invasion of Disneyland and forced the park to an early close. But who were the Yippies, and how did they leave such a mark in Disney history? In this docudrama-style retelling, Shirley Bowlby, a research historian, documents Terry Altman, the wild-but-weary leader of the Yippies, as he organizes the protest in Disneyland – with secret hopes of digging into Clyde, a former friend who has betrayed him. - Concord Theatricals
5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche
By Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder
Directed by Katie Kutz and Chloe Rigler
Performed by Tal Brown, Sylvie Kelderman, Yuena Kim, Madison LaRue-Barton, Ella Molinaro
It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein is having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows” await the announcement of the society's prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks? Winner of the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival as Best Overall Production, 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions, and delicious discoveries. - Concord Theatricals
· Season 14 ·
Clue: On Stage
By Sandy Rustin
Directed by Danielle Croom and Grace Molinaro
Performed by Mira Gross-Keck, Nora Leonard, Adrian Martin, Ava McCallum, Owen Montefisher, Emma Peters, Kayla Peters, Chloe Rigler, Riley Seib, Justin Waldrow, Tyler Wood
It's a dark and stormy night, and you've been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well . . . dead. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist. -www.playscripts.com
Museum
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Ella Newborn and Ari Williams
Performed by Josie Mae Sanders, Milo Mechem-Miller, Danielle Croom, Rosy Allen, Ethan Mullen, Ursula DeBray, Alec Lai, and Eloise Maguire
When the mastodons escape, Jame needs another exhibit for the Museum. Luckily, he has a friend with wonderful bones. The Curator is delighted with her new specimen, but she can't help wondering: Who, or what, is behind the mysterious exodus of flora and fauna? An elegiac and absurd look at the intersections of memory and desire, set to the tune of a music box. - www.playscripts.com
Open Secrets
By Dale Wasserman
Directed by Abi Brittle and London Brunelle
Performed by Bito Boucher, Emma Craig, Bianca Mariani, Elise McFarland, Julian Mudge-Burns, Artemis Weigand
A seemingly happy couple in the Midwest is subjected to severe strain when the wife is left a large gift of money by a notorious womanizer with whom, presumably, she once had a relationship. Will the happy marriage now shatter? Surprises occur, and the play makes a brave (but possibly reckless) attempt to answer Dr. Freud's famous question: "What do women want?" - www.concordtheatricals.com
I’m on Fire
Commissioned for YATC
Directed by Cassidy Keteyian
Performed by Rhea Cron, Chloe Bay Kampmeier, Hannah Korn, Daisy Schreiber
· Season 13 ·
Horse Girls
By Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by Danielle Croom and Francesca Flamini
Performed by London Brunelle, Caitlin Carroll, Corinne Fischer, Eloise Maguire, Maya Rice, Daisy Schreiber, Illsh Walker
Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida’s most exclusive horse club. News that her family’s stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this dark comedy of middle school deception and lies. Horse Girls is a play about pre-teens: their obsessions, their insecurities, and their desperate need to find a place in the world. -www.concordtheatricals.com
The Election
By Don Zolidis
Directed by Gavin and Romy
After an embattled student body president resigns in disgrace, Mark Davenport figures he will cruise to victory in the special election. After all, his only opponent is nerdy Christy Martin, who wants to eliminate football. But when a mysterious Super PAC gives her an unlimited budget, things start to get very ugly. Mark must face total annihilation or accept the services of a slick professional campaign manager with questionable ethics and a million-dollar Super PAC of his own. A hilarious and timely satire on the contemporary political scene. - playscripts.com
· Season 12 ·
Nothing is the End of the World (except for the end of the world)
By Bekah Brunstetter
Directed by Nate Kelderman and Katie Parkinson
Performed by Caitlin Carrol, Will Domke, Bianca Mariani, Luna Martin, Jeff Parkinson, Daisy Schrieber, Jaida Votolato, Ava Woo
In the near-distant future, an NYC charter school becomes the first to welcome artificially intelligent students. However, new AI students Olive and Godfrey receive a chilly welcome from the already self-conscious and stressed-out members of the Junior class. When a reality show swoops in to capture this social experiment on camera, the priorities, and moralities of the student body are turned inside-out. At turns both droll and touching, this dark new play questions how we reconcile the thin line between our ever-improving technologies and what it means to be human. - www.playscripts.com
Dry Land
By Ruby Rae Spiegel
Directed by Lauren Henrie Assistant Directed by Eli Sadow-Hasenberg
Performed by Lukas Illa, Eliza Jacobson, Anya Jones, Ella Newborn
Ester is a swimmer trying to stay afloat. Amy is curled up on the locker room floor. Dry Land is a play about abortion, female friendship, resiliency, and what happens in one high school locker room after everybody’s left. - Dramatists Play Service
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Diego Ortiz Villacorta San Juan Assistant Directed by Aurora Behlke
Performed by Mia Bell, Alyssa Garcia, Nikko Johnston, Romy Kim, Aimee Lefkowicz, Lynia Morris, Solomon Taylor
What happens to pop culture after the fall of human civilization? What about 7 years after the fall? Or even 75 years? Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, endeavors to find out. When nuclear power plants across the country begin to “go up,” a small group of survivors gather in the woods and begin to recount an episode of The Simpsons. Over the course of the play’s three acts and three-quarters of a century timespan, casual storytelling evolves into theater, theater evolves into ritual, and one Simpsons episode evolves into a myth and legend for a post-apocalyptic world. - StageAgent
· Season 11 ·
Performed at The Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre on the UW campus
A Midsummer Evening of Shakespeare Shorts
Featuring excerpts from:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Lauren Henrie and Julia Schoemig Performed by Ivy Bona, Caitlin Carrol, Jeff Parkinson, Eli Sadow-Hasenberg, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Ruah Uhlman
Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sophie Kelly-Hedrick Performed by Lukas Illa, Ria Martinez, Connor McKenna
Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sophie Hankes Performed by Katie Dreessen, Lukas Illa, Elda Kahssay, Gabriella O'Fallon, Katie Parkinson, Morgan Gwilym Tso
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Marlene Probst Performed by Lauren Henrie, Peyton Mader, Katie Parkinson, Evan Skirgudas, Rachel Warshaw
Dark Play, Or Stories for Boys
By Carlos Murillo
Directed by Hannah Klein Assistant Directed by Nate Kelderman Performed by Willa Barnett, Will Domke, Sophie Hankes, Ethan Major, Jeff Parkinson
What Every Girl Should Know
By Monica Byrne
Directed by Eliza Jacobson Assistant Directed by Louise Heller Performed by Emily Bryant, Chloe Farrell, Sophie Kelly-Hedrick, Hazel Montgomery
· Season 10 ·
Women and Wallace
By Jonathan Sherman
Directed by Noah Hazzard Performed by Madison Dillard, Hannah Klein, Katie Parkinson, Jared Youmans
DEFINITELY Past Curfew: A Festival of Youth Written One Acts
The Lord Will Provide
By Genevieve Goodman
Directed by Sophie Hankes and Ethan Major Performed by James Korrel, Hazel Montgomery, Lila Perlman, Julia Schoemig, Morgan Gwilym Tso
Bears, Booze, and the Band Teacher's Step Daughter
By Connor McKenna
Directed by Connor McKenna and Lila Perlman Performed by Lindsay Carter, Erin Devereux, Lauren Henrie, Morgan Gwilym Tso
Child's Play
By Ricky Spaulding
Directed by Sam McHale Performed by Max Boone, Sophie Hankes
We'll Grow Oranges in Alaska
By Cole Pedigo
Directed by Ray McCann Performed by Zaina Dana, Nate Kelderman, Joel Meyers
· Season 9 ·
Punk Rock
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Sam McHale Performed by Matteo Abbruzzese, William Chang-Stucki, Noah Hazzard, Eliza Jacobson, Nate Kelderman, Lila Perlman, Julia Schoemig, Ricky Spaudling
This show is set in a private school outside of Manchester, England, where a group of highly-articulate seventeen-year-olds flirt and posture their way through the day while preparing for their A-Level mock exams. With hormones raging and minimal adult supervision, the students must prepare for their future and survive the savagery of high school. Punk Rock is an honest and unnerving chronicle of contemporary adolescence.
Misspoken Narratives: A Night of Feminism
What We Talk About When We Talk About Planned Parenthood
By Alexa Derman Directed by Meg Ruppel Performed by Bella Brown and Sam Johns
The two main characters Kitty and B may dip in and out of addiction and struggle to pay rent, but at least they have a system: she's entertaining and exciting, he's responsible and realistic. But in the aftermath of a necessary but difficult decision, their codependent routine is called into question. Can they find a way to love each other, or is their relationship all but over?
Emotional Creature
By Eve Ensler Directed by Ray McCann and Ricky Spaulding Performed by Ada Bowles, Bella Brown, Sophie Hankes, Eliza Jacobson, Teofila SanJose, Olivia Sterne
This show follows the stories of girls from around the world. It focuses on the complexities of being a woman in the world and features small monologues as well as larger group scenes.
The Stonewater Rapture
By Doug Wright
Directed by Ruby Daniel Performed by Analiese Guettinger and Joel Meyers
Set on the front porch and in the living room of a conservative Texas home, the play tells the story of two teenagers whose sexual awakening has been severely hampered by the fundamentalist fervor that runs like power lines through the Bible Belt. The play follows Whitney, the well-meaning preacher’s son, and Carlyle, a vivacious eighteen-year-old with an imagination to rival the rest of her puritanical upbringing. Together they struggle to wed their simplistic religious doctrine with the often painful complexity of the real world.
· Season 8 ·
This Is Our Youth
By Kenneth Lonergan Directed by Analiese Guettinger and Sam McHale
This is Our Youth is a living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood when many young people first go out into the world on their own, armed only with the ideas and techniques they developed as teenagers. Ideas and techniques far more sophisticated than their parents ever realize, and far less effectual then the characters themselves can possibly imagine.
Past Curfew: A Festival of One Acts
Long Ago and Far Away
By David Ives
Directed by HwaYoun Kang
Childhood
By Thorton Wilder
Directed by Travis Frank
The Love Talker
By Jamie Jordan
Directed by Rey Zane.
Gruesome Playground Injuries
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Jamie Kelley
· Season 7 ·
Preformed at the Eclectic Theatre on First Hill
Past Curfew: A Festival of One Acts
I Don't Want To Talk About It
By Bradley Hayward Directed in a collaborative effort between the entire cast and Jamie Kelley.
This play is an exciting and alternative exploration of subjects that are too taboo for teens and their families to talk about.
Hurricane
Double Excellent Washington State Thespian Festival 2014 Written and Directed by Kat Keller
Two young people meet at a bus stop just before a hurricane hits.
Nightswim
By Julia Jordan Directed by Tessa Garcia-Duarte
Two old friends confront their past in this coming-of-age tale.
Still Life
By Seth Kramer Directed by Max Koh
An artist who has lost the use of her hands in a fire learns to find her life's purpose again.
Speech and Debate
By Stephen Karam Directed by Connor Daviss and Callie Harlow
When teenage misfit Diwata is not cast in her school play she decides to start a debate team at her high school in Salem, Oregon. The only problem is nobody else seems to be interested. After a sex scandal at her high school, she finds the perfect solution to her problem, blackmailing two teenage boys into joining her team. This unique dark comedy explores friendship, sexual orientation, and what it means to be a teenager.
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
By Naomi Wallace Directed by Rey Zane
A haunting coming-of-age tale that explores the complex relationship between Dalton and Pace, two very different young people who confront loss, lust, fear, and obsession in a town where thrills are found only through danger. This often non-linear narrative manages to be both tragic and charming, telling Pace and Dalton's troubling story with humor and compassion for both characters.
· Season 6 ·
Performed at the Center House Theatre
The Wrestling Season
By Laurie Brooks Directed by Jamie Kelley
In high school there is a lot of peer pressure, from your friends, from friends of your friends, and from friends of your friends friend. The Wrestling Season brings forth eight teenagers who are swimming against this never-ending tide. Surrounded by expectations of who they should be, the teenagers struggle to discover who they truly are. The strong don’t give into the peer pressure and come out unscathed. The weak let their personalities be morphed by the beliefs of those around them.
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
By Jennifer Haley Directed by Jack Taylor and Rey Zane
The new game in town is Neighborhood 3 and it’s making the kids act a little strangely. Killing cats, crushing gnomes, sexting strangers –adults are at a loss! While children are butchering zombies and fighting the Neighborhood Association, their parents are desperately trying to keep them connected to reality and to each other. Will the kids defeat this addictive video game? Will their parents keep the family together? Will the NA be victorious? Will the neighborhood survive?
Past Curfew: A Festival of One Acts
Betrayed by Everyone
By Kenneth Lonergan
Waiting
By Ethan Coen
4-H Club
By Sam Sheppard
· Season 5 ·
Performed at Theatre4 and the Center House Theatre
Love, Death, and the Prom
By Jon Jory Directed by Kevin Schilling
Julius Caesar
All Female Cast By William Shakespeare Directed by Maddie Daviss
· Season 4 ·
Preformed in the Center House Theatre
Past Curfew: A Series of One Acts
Beautiful American Soldier
By Dano Madden Directed by Summer Hofford
The Winged Man
By Jose Rivera Directed by Maddie Daviss
Einstein + the Angels
By Laura Harrington Directed by Eli Higham
Mary’s Wedding
By Stephen Massicotte Directed by Jesse Roth
Dog Sees God
By Bert V. Royal Directed by Sylvie Baldwin and Kalea Salvador
· Season 3 ·
Preformed at Balagan Theatre
Past Curfew: A Series of One Acts
A Body of Water
By Neena Beber Directed by Leigh Huggins
Mpls, St. Paul
By Julia Jordan Directed by Zoey Belyea
Shades
By Mark Harvey Levine Directed by Tallis Moore
Dancing on Checker’s Grave
By Eric Lane Directed by Sylvie Baldwin
Polaroid Stories
By Naomi Iizuka Directed by Emma Kelley
· Season 2 ·
Performed at Live Girls! Theatre
Past Curfew: A Series of One Acts
Dissonance
Written and Directed by Sam Tilles
Rosie in the Shadow of the Melrose
By Craig Fols Directed by Tommy Fleming
A Whole House Full of Babies
By Sean O’Connor Directed by Emma Kelley
Incognito
By Janet Allard Directed by Jesse Roth
Burn
By Deborah Gearing Directed by Chelsea Taylor
· Season 1 ·
Preformed at The Little Theatre
Women and Wallace
By Jonathan Mark Sherman Directed by Tommy Fleming