GROSS!

In a small Louisiana mobile home park, best friends Wren and Lylah play games of chicken, hide in the trees, and share scary stories about Mae, a reclusive widow who only leaves her house to take out the trash. But when a Star crash-lands on their dead end street in search of a lost love, the lives of Wren, Lylah, Mae, and the Star are thrown together unexpectedly. As Mae takes in the Star, Wren and Lylah find...

In a small Louisiana mobile home park, best friends Wren and Lylah play games of chicken, hide in the trees, and share scary stories about Mae, a reclusive widow who only leaves her house to take out the trash. But when a Star crash-lands on their dead end street in search of a lost love, the lives of Wren, Lylah, Mae, and the Star are thrown together unexpectedly. As Mae takes in the Star, Wren and Lylah find their evolving relationship strained, confronting what it means to grow up and navigate new feelings for the first time. Together, they embark on a journey of self-discovery, sparking an exploration of identity, friendship, gender, sexuality, beauty, and the weight of expectations. GROSS! explores the beauty and cruelty of nature and the ways we struggle to be seen and understood.

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  • Hannah Orr: GROSS!

    Somehow beautiful, silly, heartbreaking, and profoundly optimistic all at once. GROSS! feels like childhood summers and figuring yourself out and longing for something as you realize you can't have it and learning to be ok with that.

    Somehow beautiful, silly, heartbreaking, and profoundly optimistic all at once. GROSS! feels like childhood summers and figuring yourself out and longing for something as you realize you can't have it and learning to be ok with that.

  • Sam Mueller: GROSS!

    GROSS! is one of the most beautiful plays I have read in a long time. What I think Emma does so well is show us the tension of knowing who you are without having the words up against everything you've been taught to think about queerness. The tension is palpable, but stays soft, as all of the characters long desperately for things they cannot have -- whether it be not yet or not ever. It's full to the brim with the fantastic but stays anchored to the ground in a breathtaking way.

    GROSS! is one of the most beautiful plays I have read in a long time. What I think Emma does so well is show us the tension of knowing who you are without having the words up against everything you've been taught to think about queerness. The tension is palpable, but stays soft, as all of the characters long desperately for things they cannot have -- whether it be not yet or not ever. It's full to the brim with the fantastic but stays anchored to the ground in a breathtaking way.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Ten Toes Theater Collective, Year 2025
  • Type Reading, Organization The Fireweeds, Year 2025