Spend an afternoon immersed in a captivating compilation of diverse one-act plays. Directed by our exceptional students, these theatrical gems will take you on a journey of new possibilities and perspectives through imaginative storytelling, engaging characters and fascinating places.
Directed by Gia Reid
THE PROPOSAL
By Anton Chekov
I’m so excited to be directing a one-act this winter! I’ve always been drawn to comedy, especially its ability to reflect our own absurdities and contradictions back at us. In The Proposal, the humor comes from the fragile egos of the characters and the ways they cling to conformity. When we take a step back, the things we obsess over can feel utterly ridiculous. What I love about this play is how it lets us see ourselves in flawed, imperfect characters. There’s something oddly comforting and beautiful about that - it reminds us that imperfection is universal. Working on this production has been an absolute blast, and I hope you enjoy!
Directed by Bex Heese
LITTLE GODLESS MONSTER
By Bex Heese
In my freshman year, I didn’t want to exist anymore. Over the next 3 years, I learned to navigate mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety and also discovered what gives me joy as an artist. For my senior project, I wanted to honor the broken version of me from freshman year and the journey that took me here. I went through months of navigating challenges and departmental limitations to devise a play on mental health and then give it body and life on stage. This is that play. Little Godless Monster is the culmination of hours upon hours of development and rehearsal. Ultimately, however, this play is the product of the creative, academic, and personal communities I’ve found on campus finally acknowledging the monsters inside each of us as individuals and as a collective. Sometimes those monsters are called Depression, Anxiety, being Queer, being Other. What happens when we can touch those monsters and see them staring at us?
CONTENT WARNING: Little Godless Monster navigates expressions of queer identity, experiences, and relationships including transgender and sapphic representations. This play also uses in-world representations of mental health struggles and actions including suicide, self-harm, unsafe consumption of prescription medication, and internal-external queerphobia.