Tremolo

by Regan Moro

Nicola, Con, Sorel, Paulie, Masha, Devyn, Alex, and Nina are old friends. Every summer they spend a week on Sorel and Paulie's dock talking about theater and dykes and sex and aging and the loons that circle below. This is the last summer they’ll ever do this, but they don’t know that yet. Anyway. Tonight Con’s making everyone listen to their new play. ( They seem better this year, right?)

A love song to...

Nicola, Con, Sorel, Paulie, Masha, Devyn, Alex, and Nina are old friends. Every summer they spend a week on Sorel and Paulie's dock talking about theater and dykes and sex and aging and the loons that circle below. This is the last summer they’ll ever do this, but they don’t know that yet. Anyway. Tonight Con’s making everyone listen to their new play. ( They seem better this year, right?)

A love song to ambition, art-making, and heartbreak,“Tremolo” is at once a radical queer reimagining of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” set on the dock of a dark lake--and a singular exploration of an intergenerational found family on the precipice of great loss.

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*Workshop, Fault Line Theatre's Irons in the Fire, 2025

*Reading, Pride Plays at MCC (in association with Rattlestick Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 2025

*Finalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2025

*Finalist, New Roots Artist Residency, 2025

*Semifinalist, Princess Grace Fellowship at New Dramatists, 2025

*Semifinalist, Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, 2025

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  • Katie Orenstein: Tremolo by Regan Moro
    “

    just as good as everyone says it is and contains my favorite thing ever, meaty roles for women over a certain age - i need a theater to woman up and PAY for the damn LAKE !!!!

    just as good as everyone says it is and contains my favorite thing ever, meaty roles for women over a certain age - i need a theater to woman up and PAY for the damn LAKE !!!!

    ”
  • Shaun Leisher: Tremolo by Regan Moro
    “

    Moro has written a stunning piece of theatre that is a brilliant take on Chekhov's The Seagull and a heartbreaking love letter to chosen family in queer communities. I loved how intergenerational this play is and how everyone has so much to learn from each other. The dialogue is pure fire as discussion topics shift from sex to the power of art. I can't wait to see this produced. Give Chekhov a rest and produce this play instead. This lake is its own character and I loved the atmosphere it creates. This will be a blast for a sound designer.

    Moro has written a stunning piece of theatre that is a brilliant take on Chekhov's The Seagull and a heartbreaking love letter to chosen family in queer communities. I loved how intergenerational this play is and how everyone has so much to learn from each other. The dialogue is pure fire as discussion topics shift from sex to the power of art. I can't wait to see this produced. Give Chekhov a rest and produce this play instead. This lake is its own character and I loved the atmosphere it creates. This will be a blast for a sound designer.

    ”

Character Information

*Pronouns are suggestions–any female, non-binary, or transgender individual who identifies with queer womanhood in any way, shape, or form can play these parts. *
  • Con
    they/them, 30s, an eternally emerging playwright. A passionate, dynamic, volatile depressive with mood swings like those boat rides at carnivals. It’s dark in there.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
  • Nicola
    she/her, 50s, by all accounts a pretty successful actress! Magnetic, formidable, intuitive- also flighty, self-absorbed. Bright sheen of glamour with steel underneath. Don’t fuck with her.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s
  • Nina
    she/her or they/them, 20s, an aspiring actor. Luminous and quick, with deep wells of desire and ambition she’s not sure how to hold. A dangerous recklessness simmering below.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
  • Alex
    she/her or they/them, 40s, a widely acclaimed, award-winning novelist. Cool, perceptive, playful, sly. A hot, manipulative little fucker. Rough childhood, but you didn’t hear it from her.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s
  • Sorel
    she/her, 70s, a retired college professor. Erudite, magnanimous, gracefully direct, stubborn. Doesn’t suffer fools easily. Unafraid of looking at what’s dark and hard and true.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
  • Paulie
    she/her, 70s, a joyfully retired butch, likely a spotty employment history? Rough around the edges, but hilarious and loving and beloved. Sometimes willfully oblivious and/or drunk.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
  • Masha
    she/her or they/them, 30s, a PA. Sardonic and wry, caustic and defensive, tongue like a switchblade, vape in hand. Feigned cool girl apathy masking deep sensitivity and a soft heart.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
  • Devyn
    they/them, 30s, a middle school drama teacher. Gregarious, loyal, endearing. Cries at movies, totally plays frisbee. Insecure, but nobody’s fool. And when they’re done, they’re done.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s