Contemporary

WINNER — Best of The Broadwater (2019) NOMINEE — Fringe Award for Solo Performance (2019) Based on her conservative upbringing in St. Louis, Lindsey invites you to witness characters in her hometown that will make you laugh, cringe, and hopefully laugh again. Written and performed by L

Lizette has always been one to play by the rules of society. With a mother who always knows best, she finds herself having difficulty separating her choices from what's expected from her. On her own for the first time, Lizette is faced with questioning her identity and beliefs.

the world has become numb to unspeakable tragedies... but how can one stay numb when terror strikes so close to home?

Interrupted (Speech) is a one-act play that follows the lives of two gay characters who examine their history, identity, memories, and sexuality. It is both a coming of age story and an identity piece told primarily through monologue and movement.

Octopi Wall Street is a more shellfish look at climate change. The play comes at the issue through a series of vignettes told from the perspective of human and non-human entities. The opening monologue won the 2019 Monologue Selection at the Region 8 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Skip, Beatrix, and Byron gotta find someone to sublet and they gotta find it fast. When an unsuspected guest shows up, their hopes and dreams for the perfect roommate goes mysteriously awry.

When his five year old nephew carelessly hurls a racial epithet at his partner, a man sets fire to his relationship with his sister, setting into motion a series of events that have tragic consequences for both of their families.

An exploration of classic and neoclassic pieces of magic, viewed from a contemporary perspective. An interactive performance that invites audience members to become active participants, guided by storyteller and sleight of hand artist Siegfried Tieber.

"Five" is a world-premiere musical which explores the five stages of grief through the lens of five different characters, each of whom are grappling with loss. Poignant and hopeful, it examines our human response to being confronted with our mortality and the loss of those whom we love the most.

A far-right, Pentecostal helicopter-mom struggles to keep her hell-raising son on the path of righteousness as he enters his first public school. When a powerful addiction takes over her son's life, she must accept that you can't save everyone, and that not every miracle can be left up to God.

We watch Lacy, a teen, wrestle with her MONKEY MIND (Played by characters who sing and dance around her on stage). Life's troubles drive her to near suicide till she learns to "stay in the now" and control her out of control brain. Suicide theme and some swearing.

These three original pieces were written, directed, and performed by recent graduates of the Art of Acting Studio Professional Conservatory. Developed in 2018 as a classroom project, each is an artistic and creative exploration of the life of a notable person throughout history.

'Ghost Town' is a solo play about the Anglophone Crisis in the central African nation of Cameroon. Written, produced and performed by Constance Ejuma and directed by Jude Yong, the show explores the conflicting political ideologies which are leading the country towards a civil war.

While traveling from planet to planet, The Little Prince tells us the story of different characters's lives. What is under their stories, it's not just the words - it's always something deeper and wiser, hidden under the lines.

The Circle Table explores several vignettes threading characters and relationships via FaceTime/phone calls and asks: How does digital communication hamper or enhance analog components of life like love, family, depression, self-exploration and fulfillment?