In The Works Showcase
This casual evening will present four 15-20-minute cuttings of new plays in development at Trademark Theater. A mixture of songs, scenes, staging ideas, and visuals, The In The Works Showcase gives audiences a peek behind the curtain of several new works while hearing directly from the playwrights, composers, and creators themselves about the creative process as they’ve developed their plays over the past year. The presentation will conclude with a post-event meet-and-greet with the artists.
FEATURING SCENES FROM…
Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley, by Keith Hovis
Set in a Wild West from some alternative reality, Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley is an absurd satire of the ever-present friction between religion and queerness.
The Fox Sister and Other Guilty Parties, by Eric Sharp
She did it. She killed her father/She didn’t. She has no father. Adopted at 6 months, and more recently convicted of murder, Paula has 48 hours to set the record straight.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Tyler Michaels King
“Adapted and reimagined as an intimate and visceral stage production, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY paints a vivid and grotesque portrait of the effects of influence, desire, indulgence and corruption on one young man’s soul. This classic and darkly twisted morality play is given vibrant new life in a production that combines Oscar Wilde’s brilliant characters with modern staging, movement, and paint… lots and lots of paint.”
Work Shift, by Tyler Mills
Going to work can be ludicrous; it can also be liberating. A play inspired by ideas like Bargaining for the Common Good and the Chicago Teachers’ Union.