Pleasure Play

Maeve is expecting to have sex, not see their mother.

​After ten years, Abby walks through the door of the hotel room where Maeve is prepping for a client, breaking their estrangement and asking Maeve for a second chance.

​Meanwhile, Maeve's partner Gracie isn't sold on the idea of Abby returning to their lives.

​Also, there are aliens screaming in the attic!

​Pleasure Play is an expressionist hellscape...

Maeve is expecting to have sex, not see their mother.

​After ten years, Abby walks through the door of the hotel room where Maeve is prepping for a client, breaking their estrangement and asking Maeve for a second chance.

​Meanwhile, Maeve's partner Gracie isn't sold on the idea of Abby returning to their lives.

​Also, there are aliens screaming in the attic!

​Pleasure Play is an expressionist hellscape about codependence, shutting the world out, and being entirely seen.

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  • Lainie Vansant: Pleasure Play

    Campbell has done a brilliant job making this story feel both intimate and epic in scope. My heart aches for all three of these characters in very different ways, and the theatricality is an exciting challenge for designers and directors. This is beautifully written and deserves your time!

    Campbell has done a brilliant job making this story feel both intimate and epic in scope. My heart aches for all three of these characters in very different ways, and the theatricality is an exciting challenge for designers and directors. This is beautifully written and deserves your time!

Abby - 50s, woman
Gracie - 30s, woman
Maeve - late 20s, trans or nonbinary

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Iowa New Play Festival, University of Iowa, Year 2023

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization Dreamwell Theatre, Year 2023

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