Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius

Left vulnerable after the sudden loss his true love Huey J. Lewis becomes the perfect target for a cross-time dimension multi-universe revenge plan that's been generations in the making. A story of revolution, reclamation, justice, and fate, Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius inspects a familiar future of humanity still at odds with structure, self, and the costs of inheritance.

Left vulnerable after the sudden loss his true love Huey J. Lewis becomes the perfect target for a cross-time dimension multi-universe revenge plan that's been generations in the making. A story of revolution, reclamation, justice, and fate, Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius inspects a familiar future of humanity still at odds with structure, self, and the costs of inheritance.

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Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius

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  • Heather Helinsky: Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius

    This play lives at the intersection of realities, as everything the character Huey knows from his life aboard the Starship is questioned after Vida's death. The world-building is satisfying to experience as it examines race & class, as the writer balances the contrast of "stark light" that powers the ship and shadows of doubt---what is reality? What is true? Who can be trusted? I was definitely gripped by this tight multiverse narrative, & the feeling of being lost in a world captained by liars.

    This play lives at the intersection of realities, as everything the character Huey knows from his life aboard the Starship is questioned after Vida's death. The world-building is satisfying to experience as it examines race & class, as the writer balances the contrast of "stark light" that powers the ship and shadows of doubt---what is reality? What is true? Who can be trusted? I was definitely gripped by this tight multiverse narrative, & the feeling of being lost in a world captained by liars.

  • Eric Roberts: Liar Upon the Starship Limpidius

    Liar is a gripping piece of sci-fi writing that is curious in its use of mysterious shadows, multiverse manipulation, and interspace travel jargon. Cianon can wrap it all together into an engaging short piece of theater that leaves the reader anxiously anticipating the following line of dialogue. It is an excellent work of short theater that creates a pressure pot of a situation that leaves you guessing who to believe to the end.

    Liar is a gripping piece of sci-fi writing that is curious in its use of mysterious shadows, multiverse manipulation, and interspace travel jargon. Cianon can wrap it all together into an engaging short piece of theater that leaves the reader anxiously anticipating the following line of dialogue. It is an excellent work of short theater that creates a pressure pot of a situation that leaves you guessing who to believe to the end.

"Huey J. Lewis" must be black
"Shadow" must be BIPOC
"Captain Ruby DeGeorge" must be white
"Vida Torren" must be BIPOC
"Folley" must be black
"Blue" must be BIPOC
"Doctor Muse" must be black
"Overhead Announcement (O.A.)" must have a voice; may also be doubled by "Vida" or "Dr Muse"

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization University of the Arts, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts: Equinox New Play Festival, Year 2020