Paper Trails

ensemble theatre · off the page productions · Ages 13+ · United States of America

world premiere

PAPER TRAILS PREMIERES THREE SHORT PLAYS AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE

May 31, 2019

LOS ANGELES, CA: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Off the Page Productions is excited to announce their trio of women-written short plays, PAPER TRAILS, is premiering at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival this June 7th – 29th.

PAPER TRAILS is a collection of three funny and poignant short pieces that showcase the records we keep and the stories they tell. In DEAR DIARY, a queer woman discovers eighth-grade diary entries detailing her first-ever crush on a girl; in EGUCHI, a woman recounts her great-grandmother’s efforts to preserve her family’s legacy amidst the austerity of World War II Japan; and in SNOW, congressional archivists piece together official documents torn to shreds by an impulsive president.

“Hard as we try to bury the past, sometimes it emerges in unexpected ways,” said producer Jillian Profeta. “These three plays are prime examples of how our personal and cultural memories inform our present and influence our future.”

All three plays are based on stories personal to th

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