Yu-Li Alice Shen

An unlikely trio of former foster siblings wrestle with questions of identity, race, family, and existential dread as they travel to Taiwan to perform Buddhist funeral rites for one of their birth fathers.

Viola’s husband has been in a coma for six months, yet she can’t bring herself to visit him. Her teenaged daughter resents her cowardice; her sister-in-law tries to be sympathetic but is plagued by her own mid-thirties crisis; and her brother-in-law, Dan, who has held a torch for Viola for years, struggles to not use his brother’s condition to his advantage.

In the midst of an ambiguous pandemic, two estranged friends sneak out on what could be their last night alive.

A young woman's estranged father dies, and she begrudgingly goes to Taiwan to settle his affairs. She meets the Buddhist funeral director, and they strike up an unexpected bond, sharing with each other their respective cultures, as well as their doubts and expectations for death and life.

Three womxn grapple with questions of age, friendship, purpose, and existential dread while picking out what shared tattoo to get on Spring Break.

Tim Without Thalia: Nervous about his upcoming nuptials with Thalia, Tim wonders how they got from happily-in-love to at-each-others’-throats.

Thalia With Someone Else: A year later, Thalia is now engaged to Lucas, and Tim wrestles with the proprietary hold he still has over her, despite not wanting her back.

These one-acts may be performed together or apart.

In the midst of his crumbling book deal and his crumbling romantic relationship, David’s pregnant half-sister, Renee, comes to town with an ulterior motive, and he finds himself struggling with past baggage and future responsibilities, most important of which being Renee’s inability to keep her child.