PLAY DATE is The Vagrancy’s month-long intensive workshop of a new play chosen from our BLOSSOMING reading series. Through the workshop we hope to catapult the play to a place of more secure footing as it progresses towards a full production.
The God Particle, by Annette Less; directed by Sabina Ptasznik; Play Date
(l-r) Irene Park, Allison Andreas, Danielle Gonzales, Nicolette Acosta and Cameran Surles in Katherine Vondy’s “The Ocean Deep”.
Photo Credit: Erica Ibsen
PLAY DATE 2018
The Ocean Deep by Katherine Vondy; directed by Miranda Stewart After the devastating failure of her latest research project, marine biologist Doris is struggling to get her career back on track--until her best friend Marie shows up for an unexpected visit. To the surprise of all the sea creatures in the lab, Marie inspires Doris to embark upon a study of the lab's newest addition, a rare dragonfish. But with her attention focused on uncovering the secrets of her unusual specimen, Doris fails to realize that Marie has a number of dark secrets of her own. And as these secrets float to the surface, the boundaries between who is doing the studying and who is being studied start to disappear.
PLAYDATE 2012
Down in the Face of God by Tim J. Lord; directed by Caitlin Hart
Life for the kids of Thebes, Illinois, is a predetermined sort of thing: short with a bloody end, so when a new kid shows up in town with no regard for curses and gods he threatens to turn the old order on its head. But just what brought him to town and the destruction that follows could overthrow a lot more.
PLAY DATE 2015
Horse by Cort Brinkerhoff; directed by Caitlin Hart
A soldier who never got the chance to kill in war determines to slay a horse back home.
PLAY DATE 2013
The Dead Woman by Chelsea Sutton; directed by Caitlin Hart
After stumbling across a dead woman lying in the garbage outside a convenience store, Zoe and April are stuck in a waiting game, listening to the 911 busy signal. But when Zoe starts seeing the dead woman talking to her, things spin out of control, and nothing seems quite right.
PLAY DATE 2014
The God Particle by Annette Lee; directed by Sabina Ptasznik