FULL-LENGTH: In the early aughts, deep in the unspecified woods, there is a summer camp where gender non-traditional, overly theatrical, and borderline agoraphobic teenage boys are taught to become real men... or so their parents think. Under the tutelage of two flamboyant counselors, a band of sissies finds sanctuary from societal expectations and judgment at Camp Mannuppia—that is, until two new campers arrive and turn everything on its head, setting off a chain of disastrous events. Are the campers doomed, or can they come to terms with each other and their own identities in time to make it out of the forest in one piece?

FULL-LENGTH: Silvia and Cat Henson have just moved from a tiny apartment in Washington, DC, into their sprawling dream home in the small, affluent town of Greenville, Delaware. Their new house, however, was recently the home of a teenaged mass shooter and his single mother. Is this the right time and place for Silvia and Cat to bring a new baby into the world, or will the house create an irreparable rift between them and their new community?

"One of the fascinating aspects of theater is how it makes you ask yourself questions you have never considered: Would I live in a house where a mass murderer lived? That’s the thought writer John Bavoso plants in the audience’s mind at the start of 'Blight'... In 'Blight,' the word 'monster' gets thrown in every direction. But this play reminds us that it’s easy to label people and then dismiss them as enemies. Looking for our common humanity is much harder." — Orlando Sentinel

"BLIGHT is [a] play that's urgently relevant to the time we live in now. I was impressed with Bavoso's scope: the house of the play fills with people from the past and the present. A terrible event lies at the center of this play and the house in it, but it's the vivid, real characters that give this play life." — Sam Mayer, The Landing Theater Company

"The selling of a home that previously belonged to a teenager who committed a mass shooting sounds like a powder keg waiting to explode, but the script by John Bavoso... show[s] the tender sides of this ultra sensitive situation... One doesn’t expect much joy or humor from the ominous and dreary description, but the show was actually quite delightful." — DC Theatre Scene

"Is it wrong to be so enamored of a play called 'Blight?' Written by John Bavoso, it is a show that has solid writing, some really funny lines, and an assortment of characters that ring true—they are recognizable in their humanity and in their inhumanity... it’s also a really well-done show with an erudite script, and a powerful emotional wallop." — MD Theatre Guide

20-MINUTE. Benji has snuck away to an empty classroom in his college's English Department for a clandestine rendezvous with Ethan. But when they make a grisly discovery, he's unexpectedly confronted with questions about how he's choosing to live his life—now and in the future.

10-MINUTE: The eagle charged with eating Prometheus’s liver each day is growing weary of the routine. But when Heracles shows up to free the titan, the two unlikely friends are forced to decide whether to take a risk on a new life or stick with what they know.

10-MINUTE: After luring Isaac to the top of Mount Moriah under false pretenses, binding him, and nearly sacrificing him, Abraham is faced with an even more arduous task... attempting to make small talk with his son during their walk home.

10-MINUTE: After a long day mucking out the Ark, Noah is looking forward to getting a jumpstart on repopulating the Earth… but his wife is having second thoughts.

10-MINUTE: Theo and Frank meet in the woods outside the small town they grew up in on the night before Thanksgiving. But will either get what he wants out of the reunion?

**This play was written as part of round one of The Coordinates Project, organized by Justin Guidroz/*NU* Theatre, in which a group of playwrights were given a set of randomly generated coordinates and had a month to write and turn in a play set at those coordinates. For those interested, the coordinates for this play are: 37.38783, -89.13351.**

10-MINUTE: Curtis has only just met Everett, but he learns a lot about his new hookup—and his past—by snooping though the music on his computer.

"Bavoso writes some wincingly funny lines... indeed, Curtis is a character Oscar Wilde could have written, if Wilde had known what Spotify is." — DC Theatre Scene

"Bavoso wrote a hilarious script full of excellent, and excellently terrible, music." — MD Theatre Guide

10-MINUTE: On the night the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup, Rebeccah stands on a platform in the Gallery Place-Chinatown station of the Washington Metro and mourns the loss of her Jimmy Choos... and potentially her relationship with Sonja.

10-MINUTE: During a seemingly chance encounter after work in a shitty bar, Celia discovers she has more in common with Renee than just their fondness for whiskey.

10-MINUTE: Ashley has brought her new girlfriend, Skyler, home for Christmas (Skyler's Jewish, but we're not going to talk it about it) to meet her family—who turn out to be exceptionally bad at adapting to change.

"The funniest and best directed is "Homo for Christmas" written by John Bavoso... This is a total laugh fest! Ignorance of the facts doesn’t seem to matter in some circles these days, but it does have an unusual reaction in most family gatherings. Will the parents and grandmother accept the new partner of their beloved child? In this farcical production of miswords and misunderstandings, this family takes the prize." — NoHoArtsDistrict.com

10-MINUTE: Ray and Aiden meet in the waiting room of a sperm bank, but soon discover they’re there for very different reasons.