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City in the Sky
Written by Katherine Vondy
Directed by Amanda Weier
Performances September 26th and October 3rd
When Sage and her brother Rowan go hiking in 2024, they set out for the ruins of the White City, but a ghostly encounter with a couple that honeymooned there in 1899 shows that the past never completely disappears. As questions about inheritance and destiny reverberate around Echo Mountain, the siblings must decide whether the future is pre-determined or written in the stars.
Vanishing of Sister Aimee
Written by Michael David
Directed by Justin Huen
Performances September 27th and October 3rd
When celebrity evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes from a Los Angeles beach, her formidable mother transforms a suspected drowning into a religious spectacle. But when Aimee returns with a sensational tale of kidnapping, a skeptical detective threatens to expose the secret that could destroy both her ministry and the legend she has become.
Fury, Furry, and F*cking Forty
Written by Michael León
Directed by Daphne Sicre
Performances September 26th and October 4th
Karina’s life isn’t where she thought it’d be, and turning forty — the age her mother vanished — isn’t helping. As she tries to dig herself out of her crisis, her family swoops in to warn her of a long-buried secret. If she thought forty was going to be bad, it’s about to get so much worse.
Sky Women
Written by Isabella Madrigal
Directed by Collette Rutherford
Performances September 27th and October 3rd
In a future Los Angeles where history and memory are vanishing, three generations of women gather to keep alive the stories of those who came before them. As some of the last people on earth, grandmother, mother, daughter and cyborg must decide what they are willing to sacrifice to preserve the family’s history—and what happens when the stories are all that remain.
Satin Coltrane
Written by Stirling Nix-Bradley
Directed by Rondrell McCormick
Performances September 26th and October 4th
Two aging jazz musicians, best friends and band mates for decades, are finally content to play their music and let the world forget them—until the son one of them never knew he had arrives on the scene. Young and famous, he’s one of Hollywood’s fastest rising stars and gay icons. Can this unconventional father and son figure out how to become family
What Price Freedom
Written by Tony Blake
Directed by Darin Anthony
RETURNING JANUARY 22nd, 2027
One Bed. Two Founding Fathers. The Fate of a Nation.
With war looming, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin attempt a covert peace negotiation with Britain. Forced to share a bed on the eve of the talks, one of America’s most enlightened pragmatists and one of its most insufferable realists find their greatest obstacle is not the Crown, but each other. As the fate of a new nation hangs in the balance, whose vision of freedom will prevail? In this world premiere by Tony Blake, the wit, fire, and restless brilliance of these founding fathers illuminate the question: What is the true price of independence?