Samantha Vargas

TEN MINUTE: Meche is grieving the loss of her partner, Elsie, when she is visited by an individual of the alien species colloquially known as Pretenders. Enlisting the help of her neighbor, Nati, Meche desperately tries to rid herself of the pretender that has taken up residence in her home and in the skin of her dead partner.

TEN MINUTE: Two lovers, Eufémia and Montse, meet in a secluded garden in the aftermath of an anarchist attack on members of nobility. While the two share a desire for equality amongst their people, it becomes clear that they differ in their actions and a wedge begins to form in their relationship.

ONE ACT: When Mariana and Samuel are young they witness their father being mauled by a large creature. Mariana reports that her father was mauled by a bear, but Samuel is adamant in his claim that he saw a Bigfoot kill his father. The experience both haunts and shapes the siblings for the rest of their lives, pushing Mariana into the field as a Wildlife Biologist, and ensnaring Samuel in the worlds of Folklore and Anthropology. Fifteen years later the two siblings set out to decipher the truth of their father’s grisly demise. But in the deep woods of Northern California, not everything is as it seems and the siblings must come together if they’re ever going to get out of the woods and escape the large apex predator that’s pursuing them.

SOLO PERFORMANCE: In the ninth month of her pregnancy, Madonna is visited by a voice that asks questions she has tried her hardest to ignore.

ONE ACT: The Fermi Paradox asks a very simple question: Where are all the aliens? Well, we finally have an answer, they've left. That's right, all other intelligent life in the galaxy have left us in order to buy themselves more time before the end of our known universe. But the return of a galaxy hopping earth ship known as "The Boomerang" might just prove to be a beacon of hope for those called Earthlings.

FULL LENGTH: After the death of her grandmother, Serena Vita-Mendoza must travel to a crumbling familial estate outside San Salvador. What awaits is a sprawling beehive that is slowly taking over the house, a covetous queen, and a buzzing that won't stop. Serena must make difficult decisions as honey begins seeping through the house and into the lives of its inhabitants.

ONE ACT: Mari feels stuck in life and is unsure how to proceed until she receives a voicemail from her estranged best friend, Rina. She suggests that they return to the place they grew up, a now abandoned New Mexico mining town called Virgin Creek, a place that neither woman can remember despite their best efforts. The two visit landmarks of their past lives, telling stories, and asking questions that they hope the town offers answers to.