Recommended by InterAct Theatre Company

  • How to Kill a Water Bear
    22 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company developed HOW TO KILL A WATER BEAR in December 2020. In this haunting, tender drama, Paige takes on the ambitious tasks of honestly examining abuse and assault; honoring the tumultuous path to healing from trauma while still finding humor and heart; and pushing the possibilities of theatrical imagination. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece in its earliest stages.
  • settle down
    22 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company developed SETTLE DOWN as part of our 8th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2020. In this play, Justin writes with clear eyes about the marginalization, inequity and cruelty of our world--but they do so not by indulging trauma but by painting stories of hope, love, community and possibility, all while making you laugh out loud. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece.
  • Carroll County Fix
    4 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company developed CARROLL COUNTY FIX as part of our 8th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2020. Through complex, relatable characters and a vibrant sense of place, Val grapples comprehensively with the nuanced politics of our changing rural communities--without romance, pretension or judgement. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece.
  • Apocalypse Dating Play
    4 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company presented APOCALYPSE DATING PLAY as part of our 7th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2019. Jarrett's vibrant theatricality is on full display in this piece, playing on the genre of science fiction and pushing the boundaries of theatrical imagination. APOCALYPSE DATING PLAY is unabashed in its hopefulness, bravely reckoning with trauma while refusing to make it the final word. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece.
  • French Pig
    4 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company presented FRENCH PIG as part of our 7th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2019. In this serrated, strange, hysterical dark comedy, David reflects on how the justice system privileges and punishes strictly along class lines, and refracts that into a meditation on how our social circumstances color and crush our sense of purpose. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece.
  • Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams
    4 Jan. 2021
    InterAct Theatre Company developed ACETONE WISHES AND PLEXIGLASS DREAMS as part of our 8th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2020. In this witty and deeply emotional play, Stephanie explores the politics of the Korean American experience, as well as the more intimate pressures of parental/community expectation and shame--and does it all with deft double-casting, laugh-out-loud humor and heartwrending magic. We are proud to have contributed to the life of this piece.
  • Dirt, Ash, Dead Tree
    7 Jan. 2019
    InterAct Theatre Company developed DIRT, ASH, DEAD TREE as part of our 6th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2018. Jarrett took the week to work with a director and dig into the play's highly theatrical world, blending music with searing poetic imagery and hypnotic experiments with time. We are proud to have contributed to the development of this piece.
  • Thrive, Or What You Will [an epic]
    7 Jan. 2019
    InterAct Theatre Company developed THRIVE, OR WHAT YOU WILL as part of our 6th Annual Core Playwrights Weekend in December 2018. L's thoughtfulness, wit and keen theatrical mind is on full display in this sweeping text interrogating privilege and identity in history and its legacy. We are proud to have contributed to the development of this piece.
  • The Folks at Home
    16 Oct. 2018
    InterAct presented THE FOLKS AT HOME as part of our 2017 Core Playwrights Weekend. Eric's signature style is present in spades here: whip-smart dialogue guiding us through a complicated dissection of our world's most pressing questions--in this case, the modern tensions of gentrification, class, and familial responsibility on the American Dream. We were thrilled to participate in the advancement of this piece.
  • Mrs. Harrison
    16 Oct. 2018
    InterAct presented MRS. HARRISON as part of our second 2016 Core Playwrights Weekend. MRS. HARRISON is a taut drama examining privilege in storytelling through complex, compelling female characters and gripping dialogue. We were thrilled to participate in the advancement of this piece.

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