Ghosts Can't Pay Rent

Comedy · mb stage productions · Ages 16+ · United States of America

Content Warning world premiere

“OFFICIAL WINNER OF THE HOLLYWOOD ENCORE PRODUCERS’ AWARD”

A wisp, a witch, and a waitress all learn to live in an apartment where the souls are as overdue as the water bill. Olive struggles to keep up with the unending obligations of being alive; her rent, her job, and most of all, her friend Cas, a ghost that’s lived in their apartment for over 60 years. She begins to come out of her shell after meeting her new roommate Priya, a trendy writer with pagan principles. Cas, however, feels that Priya is driving a wedge between herself and Olive. Slowly feelings she never wanted to unveil bubble to the surface, and the unseen trauma that haunts the apartment begins to unravel. This sapphic saga of loving and loathing in a world of occultic observations proposes the query, just what or who are we willing to endure through life, death, love, and regret?


Content warning: Discussions of death and self-harm.


*The June 10th performance is ASL Interpreted for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing. If you need this accommodation, please let us know when you purchase your ticket.

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Production Team


david evan stolworthy *

creative producer/scenic designer

tl forsberg *

asl interpreter

jared pixler (he/him) *

creative producer

park lytle *

creative producer

alysia michelle cruz (she/her) *

company production stage manager

katie lynn *

costume designer and hair & makeup

lacey shaw *

lighting designer

kensaku shinohara *

sound designer

cassy sottile *

stage manager

* Fringe Veteran