Tattered Capes

theatre unleashed · Ages 13+ · United States of America

world premiere

Theatre Unleashed Premieres TATTERED CAPES At Fringe

May 01, 2019

In 2013, Gregory Crafts wrote a short (but epic) superhero script about M-Pulse, the Eminence of Electromagnetism, to be mounted as part of the Theatre Unleashed show Play/Time. A couple years later, M-Pulse’s story went to the inaugural Short + Sweet 10-Minute Play Festival in Hollywood and not long after, it expanded­—along with M-Pulse’s universe—as part of Serial Killers with Sacred Fools.

“During all of this, I realized there was a lot more story to tell,” Crafts said. Two years later, Crafts and Theatre Unleashed are proud to present the full story with Tattered Capes, making its world premiere at studio/stage this June as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

In Tattered Capes, it’s Kevin and Stephanie Connolly’s fifth wedding anniversary, and Kevin has a night of celebration planned for them. Of course, this means he won’t be going out on his regular patrol of M

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