Parade Stone

Parade Stone

Parade Stone is a director, playwright and lyricist born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is a biracial artist with a passion for writing stories that represent an array of viewpoints outside of the often homogeneous canon of American theatre. Her work has been featured and developed at The Drama League, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dixon Place, Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, South Oxford Space, IRT...
Parade Stone is a director, playwright and lyricist born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is a biracial artist with a passion for writing stories that represent an array of viewpoints outside of the often homogeneous canon of American theatre. Her work has been featured and developed at The Drama League, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dixon Place, Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, South Oxford Space, IRT Theatre and SUNY Purchase College.

Plays

  • Cupid's Corner by Parade Stone
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6–11
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: dating apps, awkward sexuality + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: dating apps, awkward sexuality, bad sex, American capitalism, human robots
    What if you could custom build your ideal romantic partner? Cupid’s Corner follows four
    twenty-somethings as they explore the pros and often bizarre cons of a new dating
    phenomenon. The eponymous “Cupid’s Corner” is a rapidly growing franchise with all the
    immediacy and automation of fast-food restaurants. The only difference is it specializes in
    customizable, hyperrealistic robot...
    What if you could custom build your ideal romantic partner? Cupid’s Corner follows four
    twenty-somethings as they explore the pros and often bizarre cons of a new dating
    phenomenon. The eponymous “Cupid’s Corner” is a rapidly growing franchise with all the
    immediacy and automation of fast-food restaurants. The only difference is it specializes in
    customizable, hyperrealistic robot companions rather than hamburgers. Customers simply walk
    in and order the person of their dreams (or sexual fantasies). The initial appeal is undeniable,
    but the Mcdonald’s-Tinder lovechild soon forces the characters to take an uncomfortably
    probing look at their own beliefs and desires. A reflection on the value of human connection in
    an increasingly virtual world, and what’s worth risking to experience that connection, Cupid’s
    Corner feels eerily timely.
  • In the Same Space by Parade Stone
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: gentrification, urban gentrification + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: gentrification, urban gentrification, human connection, Brooklyn, Bedford Stuyvesant, working class
    On a block underneath the J train, Chuck, a Brooklyn native, and Emma, a Manhattanite, debate their right call to Bed Stuy home. Tina and Sallie, sisters who grew up in the apartment above their family's laundromat, make plans to sabotage their mom's building sale. Emmanuel and Jon, a new couple, debate the ethics of moving into the nail in the gentrification coffin, a luxury condo.

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    On a block underneath the J train, Chuck, a Brooklyn native, and Emma, a Manhattanite, debate their right call to Bed Stuy home. Tina and Sallie, sisters who grew up in the apartment above their family's laundromat, make plans to sabotage their mom's building sale. Emmanuel and Jon, a new couple, debate the ethics of moving into the nail in the gentrification coffin, a luxury condo.

    Punctuated by the thunderous passage of the train, these residents of Bed Stuy seek connection, resist displacement and piece together their experiences in a neighborhood on the brink of gentrification and change.
  • Recipe for a Sellout by Parade Stone
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 2 more
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    Keyword: American politics, feminism + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, musical, political
    Keyword: American politics, feminism, black womanhood, career choices, womanhood, U.S. working class
    Sydney, a progressive, young African American woman and aspiring politician, is given a contentious job offer; working on the campaign team of a Republican senator. During days of debating whether to accept or reject the position, Sydney experiences apparitions of 1950s housewives, 1990s liberals who embody white feminism, and 2000s wellness blog-writing “girl bosses.” As the ghosts of problematic feminism’s...
    Sydney, a progressive, young African American woman and aspiring politician, is given a contentious job offer; working on the campaign team of a Republican senator. During days of debating whether to accept or reject the position, Sydney experiences apparitions of 1950s housewives, 1990s liberals who embody white feminism, and 2000s wellness blog-writing “girl bosses.” As the ghosts of problematic feminism’s past and present attempt to coerce Sydney into taking the job, her reality and subconscious blur.
  • Ghost Light by Parade Stone
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: about theater, blooming romance + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: about theater, blooming romance, memory, adults as teens, coming of age
    Two almost-lovers share a history of friendship through the theatre that spans from high school into adulthood. Viewed through the point of view of the omnipresent ghost light, the play depicts the memories of intimate moments shared in the theatre when the stage lights darken.