Libby Heily

37 Incidents Between Victoria and Her Brain explores the complex relationship between our minds and ourselves. Like most of us, Victoria often feels disconnected from her brain. As she matures, Victoria develops both good and bad coping mechanisms. Through familiar and a few not-so-familiar rites of passage, Victoria deals with love, life, death, and trauma. Her brain supports and undermines her along the way.

After Ultra explores the aftermath of intense trauma and how technology might or might not be able to help us cope. Dot, a former unwilling participant in the MK Ultra experiments, has spent years struggling with PTSD. Her trauma has trickled down through the generations. When her granddaughter (Kia) asks Dot to test an AI enabled device that helps with PTSD, it sparks a family feud. Kia only wants to help make Dot's life better, but others fear that Dot is being used as a test subject once again.

The play begins with Girl's small act of rebellion – refusing to speak or move. Her action/inaction sparks a need for change in each character. Over three acts, their home becomes a living nightmare as they try to make their dreams come true.

After years of making John Waters inspired films in her parents' basement, Diana is catapulted into fame with her exploitation film, "Clown Fucker." Diana is bold, blunt, and willing to offend. She does not suffer fools nor does she allow anyone to question her asexuality or her extremely close relationship with her parents.

Diana directs a cast of clowns as she explores her career and personal growth. Her strong outer shell hides a fearful soul plagued by troubling thoughts. Once the safety her parents provided is stripped away, Diana has a breakdown and must learn to negotiate the world again by herself.

In the race to create nuclear weapons, multiple nations overlooked the safety and health of individual workers. They didn’t enforce safety procedures, didn’t purchase safety equipment and often times kept the dangers of working with radioactive materials secret from their employees. “Atomic Town” is a surrealistic look at the atomic accidents that ensued.

The play follows Carl, a nuclear plant worker, and Tessa, a spokesperson for Radium Water, as they gain their portion of the American Dream and the American Nightmare. Carl is given one huge dose of radiation in an industrial accident while Tessa is slowly poisoned by drinking Radium Water, a 1940s health product (based on real products available at the time). Carl’s body breaks down completely while Tessa’s reaches a new kind of normal. Carl becomes an experiment. Tessa is destined to live a life of pain and destitution. The subject matter of “Atomic Town” is dark, but there are moments of levity. The style is absurdist/surrealist using puppetry, dance, and humor.

This play was developed in a classroom setting at The Barrow Group and HB Studio. It was given a reading by Hot Metal Arts Collective.

An eccentric man and a unique woman fall in love over lunch.

Three bar regulars argue over a painting done by the bartender's son. They see themselves, their true selves, in his work.

Two actors/frenemies spend their careers helping and hurting one another.