Rizing

FULL LENGTH: Rizing is set many years after the zombie apocalypse in Shelter, the last living city on Earth. Infected family members, friends, and lovers have been rehabilitated thanks to a daily regimen of drugs and therapy, but the uninfected that have brought them back do not trust them. Now the drugs are starting to wear off, and Shelter’s two-tiered society is poised on the verge of all-out war. Characters...
FULL LENGTH: Rizing is set many years after the zombie apocalypse in Shelter, the last living city on Earth. Infected family members, friends, and lovers have been rehabilitated thanks to a daily regimen of drugs and therapy, but the uninfected that have brought them back do not trust them. Now the drugs are starting to wear off, and Shelter’s two-tiered society is poised on the verge of all-out war. Characters on both sides must choose between rebuilding the world as it was and creating a new one by force.

All roles are written open gender and can be played by actors of any gender.
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Rizing

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  • Nick Malakhow:
    25 May. 2020
    I loved this epic collision of drama/sci-fi/horror/post-apocalyptic story. Tseng clearly has a knack for world building, and they fully establish an intriguing society rife with social and political divisions. This peek beyond the initial chaos of a zombie outbreak gives us a really fascinating look into how society might reorganize and reprioritize after a world-ending crisis with believable threads of xenophobia and prejudice still guiding legislation and one-on-one interactions. I appreciated how this could be allegorically linked to everything from the AIDS crisis to immigration to brutal authority. Like all great sci-fi, contemporary connections abound.
  • Kari Bentley-Quinn:
    10 Nov. 2017
    RIZING was my introduction to Jason's work, and the play that got him accepted into our Propulsion Lab writer's group. Jason has a skill for world building, and a knack for writing about LGBT issues that doesn't feel forced or preachy, and RIZING is an intriguing combination of those skills.

Character Information

  • Hex
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    Hex is charming, certain, and charismatic. They are the leader of an insurgency and religious movement of former zombies, resisting their oppression at the hands of the Z- authority.

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Judson Memorial Church Bailout Theater
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    2016

Production History

  • Professional
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    Flux Theatre Ensemble
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    2016