Philip Kenner

Jared is a successful author of children's literature, but now he wants to write a picture book about antisemitism. His book centers around Shmuley, a cartoon golden retriever who only wants to play baseball. Jared’s family, friends, and Jewish community are less excited about his project than he'd hoped. Ever the stubborn artist, Jared develops an obsession with Shmuley, and it transforms him beyond recognition.

The three Boeden sisters and their little brother live on a struggling corn farm with their parents. When their corn starts turning purple and their parents are microwaved in an accident at the Nuclearcoalpowerminefactoryplant, the now-orphaned Boeden siblings must keep a happy home by themselves.

Years pass and new family members are added to the tiny farmhouse: a horny poet-boyfriend, a passive-aggressive sister-in-law, and an incorrigible baby who might be an actual banshee. With a decaying earth, suicidal livestock, and no goddamn peace and quiet, the Boeden family must fight, perhaps in vain, to keep their heads above water.

Lara and Zach are two theater-makers who are very concerned about Climate Change. They've prepared something for you, and they'd be so grateful if you watched it.

Alicia, Liz, and Shira have just buried their father. Maya and Wes are just getting to know each other. No one is sure how to deal with loss.

THE WOODS DECAY is a play about cycles of grief, Jewish families, and social media's role in the mourning process.

Thea wants to get into a good college and needs to get better test scores. Peyton wants to escape bullying at his Jr. High by graduating into a private school (or as his Mom calls it, a “better school”).

As exam day approaches, the pressure mounts, and Thea and Peyton find themselves sacrificing relationships and their own wellbeing for better grades. Thea and Peyton’s separate yet shared stress nightmares get worse, and reality begins to warp. Thea begins to see a massive chorus of jazzercize-obssesed-80s-music-fanatics, and Peyton can’t escape the “fairy for the fairies” and her pet-human-in-a-leather-dog-costume. To make things more stressful, Thea’s sister is a witch, the school’s guidance counselor is off her rocker, and Peyton starts sexting a boy.

Exam day arrives, and the border between the tangible and the hallucinatory is no longer clear. How can you take an entrance exam when visions trigged by stress are playing “Faithfully” by Journey right in your ear? Our heroes take their respective tests despite the distractions, but after the test ends, there’s no “real world” to come home to.

In the end, Peyton and Thea’s hard work pays off, but getting what they want might have been a fool’s errand all along.

The twins, Portia and Tamara, have never left the cabin. Can a strange visitor convince them to leave their life of solitude?

Meet Jason.
Jason has to record some demos for a children’s cereal company. Jason needs your help.