Olivia Matthews

Keisha Taylor is a #GoodGirl. Or so she’s told when she’s cast as the Virgin Mary over her “fast” friend Trinity in their church’s Christmas play. But when Trinity announces she is pregnant by divine intervention, everything Keisha knows about faith and friendship is turned upside down. As Trinity ignites a religious movement at school and online, a doubtful Keisha finds solace in a mysterious boy from the darkest tangles of the World Wide Web. With the Christmas play quickly approaching, can Keisha mend her friendship with Trinity while reconciling the limits of her own faith?

The Nativity Starring Keisha Taylor is a satirical look at religion, purity culture, and Black girlhood in the age of social media.

Content warning: this play contains discussions/depictions of homophobia, misogyny, sexual harassment and exploitation, physical violence, fatphobia, and disordered eating. Discretion is advised.

After living in the secluded Florida woods with only her father and pet rabbit Robyn, 20-year-old Esther Harris dreams of being reunited with her long-lost mother. When her father kills her beloved Robyn, Esther breaks out of their cabin in search of her mother and old life. While they soon find each other, can the abandoned and abused Esther adjust to her new life with her mother?

Absentia is in the same universe as She Moves in Her Own Way.

CW: Contains discussions of trauma, animal cruelty, and sexual abuse.

A hashtag comes to life and embodies the tragic story of a young man trapped in a Twitter war.

In 1956, recently certified mortician Vivienne Greene is next in line to inherit the Jackson and Sons Funeral Home from her Uncle Zeke. Before she can take over, Vivienne is presented with one more test mortuary school never prepared her for: after a young boy is brutally attacked, Vivienne must smuggle him out of their small Georgia town before he is found by a local mob. Fearful of losing the funeral home and her own life, Vivienne must look to her past to find that death may be a second chance at life.

Kara has wanted to see My Chemical Romance in concert since forever. Just as she and her friend Teddy sit down to buy tickets for their reunion tour, Kara's Student Loans rear their ugly head.

College sophomore Amber wants to reconnect with the junior who ghosted her, but Joy has other plans.

Josie talks to her English teacher about poetry while avoiding her walk home after school.

Britney believes their moon tattoo is going to help their mother find them in the woods.

Rights Restored follows Gina as she tries to convince a voting precinct worker to take a full body shot of her with her new voting sticker so she can post it on Instagram... And Tinder, of course. ;)

Inspired by Florida's passing of Amendment 4, or the Second Chances Act.

Graduating senior and former life of the party "Solo Cup" Kira warns a freshman about the mysterious guest at their lacrosse party.

Lena is not in the holiday spirit: her car is in the shop, she's working late on her birthday, and Christmas music is blaring through the toy store after New Year's. Right before she clocks out, Lena is visited by Baxter, a stuffed brown bear who's ready to go home and lift her spirits.

Xena is set to fight her racist classmate after school but first, she has to go through an unconventional practice in order to master her routine.