Charlie O'Leary

In a Midwest college town, two freshmen flirt, find themselves, and debate the intricacies of queer life. But when one of them connects with the town’s mayor on a dating app, their conceptual discourse leads to dire consequences. A new gay play about an old gay myth.

Decades ago in Western Pennsylvania, a gay love affair ended with a murder in the woods - or so it’s rumored. But when a white podcaster returns home with his Latino boyfriend to investigate, the past and present start to look eerily similar. A ghost story about who can live safely in rural America.

It’s Christmastime in Tree Town, and all the trees are dying to look their best. But after a string of disappearances, Small Paul (the puniest tree in town) and Noel (who the narrator forgot to cast) begin to question Tree Town’s relationship with the venerated Farmer Todd. Will this unlikely duo crack the case before the annual Christmas Pageant? An R-rated meta musical parody of holiday specials and horror films, set on a Christmas tree farm and told from the perspective of the trees. Also, it’s the 80s! Music by Anthony De Angelis; lyrics by Patrick Spencer.

A college freshman plays kinky sex games with an older grad student. A radio journalist attempts to extract a story from a cagey gay escort. Flip a coin, heads or tails, but choose carefully: Loser gets humiliated. The first play in Shame Cycle, a trilogy of plays concerning gay male sexuality and fetish practices during the early decades of the internet.

Libby is locked in battle with her history teacher over her final paper topic, an ancient civilization that falls outside the curriculum. But as the lens of history shifts, it seems like everyone is missing something obvious. A high school comedy about how we look at the past.

It’s been five years since Ebenezer Scrooge’s sudden change of heart, and his charity foundation has transformed London (a little). But when Scrooge offers to leave his entire fortune to Bob Cratchit, the Ghosts of Christmas must return to London in a desperate attempt to prevent a terrible future: ours. A new musical satire about philanthropy, legacy, and what it takes to change the world.

Everybody loves a new play reading, and everybody loves a straight white man. With Artistic Director Martin Reinsen (Tisch ’16), you get both! A play about plays (and privilege), EXPOSED BONE asks: Guys, why are we doing this? Music by Karl Hinze.

A gay playwright adapts the 2003 Jamie Lee Curtis star vehicle FREAKY FRIDAY into a solo show. Warning: contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.

Andy has traveled from Indiana to New York for the weekend to visit his friends from high school. Law school bro Kevin is happy to play host, but when Andy's long-buried feelings for Kevin begin to surface in disconcerting ways, everyone is forced to question how good of an ally - and a friend - they really are. A bro comedy of manners about identity politics, violent self-loathing, and our collective obsession with straight masculinity.

The overworked, underpaid staff at a failing educational music publishing company strives to keep the business afloat, even as management seems to be actively undermining them. A workplace satire that tests how far capitalism can bend us before we break.

For small-town punk rock band Two Star Motel, 2001 was the best. And the worst. Taking place over the course of a single concert (and an entire year), TWO STAR MOTEL explores what it meant to be a young and angry at the beginning of the millennium. Music and lyrics by Patrick Spencer.

In 2005, two high school freshmen explore the bounds of their friendship while one of them solicits explicit photos from an anonymous man online - with consequences that reverberate for decades. A play about what it means to know and be known in the digital age. The third play in Shame Cycle, a trilogy of plays concerning gay male sexuality and fetish practices during the early decades of the internet.

Winnie and Jace have been getting close ever since their classmate jumped in front of a train – but we don’t need to talk about that. Actually, it’s sort of weird that you brought it up. Was anyone even friends with him anyway? A play about teenagers who hang out in basements.

Across space and time, ten men exchange insults, pleasure, power, and cash. A contemporary take on LA RONDE about the online intersections of sex and capital. The second play in Shame Cycle, a trilogy of plays concerning gay male sexuality and fetish practices during the early decades of the internet.

The cupboards are empty, the oven is fake, the doctors are having a dinner party - and someone is writing a book. A comedy of manners about doctors; a dinner party play about memory; a memory play about pain.

Obama has just taken office, 4chan is still funny, and a group of online friends are meeting for the first time at a Super Smash Brothers tournament in New Jersey. But as the years tick by and the group grows closer offline, their online worlds start to violently fracture. A history play about Melee bros, gamer girls, and the demise of the old internet.

In 2007, when I was a closeted fifteen-year-old, I had a minor brush with YouTube fame. A short multimedia cringe.