The Straights

Two twenty-something bffs are setting sail on a drug-fueled millennial cross-country road trip when they impulsively decide to pick up a teenage hitchhiker fleeing an oppressive Christian-fundamentalist household. Together the three of them will travel through the heart of the heart-hardened country.

Two twenty-something bffs are setting sail on a drug-fueled millennial cross-country road trip when they impulsively decide to pick up a teenage hitchhiker fleeing an oppressive Christian-fundamentalist household. Together the three of them will travel through the heart of the heart-hardened country.

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The Straights

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Straights

    Loved how this play creates it's own language. Language that was absurd at times but felt so honest for the excellently written character speaking them. A play about how people come into and leave our lives. A play filled with great monologues for anyone looking.

    Loved how this play creates it's own language. Language that was absurd at times but felt so honest for the excellently written character speaking them. A play about how people come into and leave our lives. A play filled with great monologues for anyone looking.

  • Maddie Gaw: The Straights

    This is a story about America and about youth in America--queer youth, nonbinary youth, young men of color--grappling with the legacy of the country and the fact that co-existing with the heartless heartland is a survival mechanism. Elevated language, unique voices, plethora of perspectives--what more could you want?

    This is a story about America and about youth in America--queer youth, nonbinary youth, young men of color--grappling with the legacy of the country and the fact that co-existing with the heartless heartland is a survival mechanism. Elevated language, unique voices, plethora of perspectives--what more could you want?

  • Dominick DeGaetano: The Straights

    This play has puts a really great modern lens on the evolution of friendships in a universal way, esp. in regards to the struggles of breaking out of a codependent friendship. It has a great sense of theatricality, solid moments of comedy, and great monologues for almost every cast member.

    This play has puts a really great modern lens on the evolution of friendships in a universal way, esp. in regards to the struggles of breaking out of a codependent friendship. It has a great sense of theatricality, solid moments of comedy, and great monologues for almost every cast member.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Four Flights Up Festival - Access Theater NYC , Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization JACK Brooklyn, Year 2019

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Finalist
    2018