Stellar

Rory Cello. I'm a private eye and a female person. Guy comes into my office one night: not good. There's a grisly death on railroad tracks; tortured love story. Time: 1957 maybe? Place: Midwest-ish? Genre: Noir poem. But no rhyming. Free show. So please come. I need the money.

"Villain" compares the lives of two families who have to deal with the aftermath of the same tragedy, the shooting of a black teenage boy by a white police officer. To live righteously, must we create a villain?

Recipient of The Encore Producers' Award, I Came to Make Noise is a hip hop feminist theatrical happening challenging the stereotype that women are expected to be quiet and agreeable.