Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Mario (Mars) Wolfe is a genderqueer playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Mars is currently a Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow. Their plays – BUS 74, TURNT THE SCREW, and CLICK FATE – have been performed at Victory Gardens, Studio@620, and NoMads Art Collective. Mars was recently featured in the ArciTEXT Festival (GODDESS, FORBID), Activate: Midwest Festival (1st IMANI 22nd SIX), and New Colony's Uncharted Festival (BERTHA VAN ATION 3.0). Mars's wonderland-quarantine play, 11th HOUR ADVENTURES, is currently accessible on PlayatHome.org. WISH I COULD P. (Pay it No Mind) is available to stream, as a part of All Arts's feature on The Fire This Time Festival.

Curator: de-cypher2020.com

Mario (Mars) Wolfe is a genderqueer playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Mars is currently a Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow. Their plays – BUS 74, TURNT THE SCREW, and CLICK FATE – have been performed at Victory Gardens, Studio@620, and NoMads Art Collective. Mars was recently featured in the ArciTEXT Festival (GODDESS, FORBID), Activate: Midwest Festival (1st IMANI 22nd SIX), and New Colony's Uncharted Festival (BERTHA VAN ATION 3.0). Mars's wonderland-quarantine play, 11th HOUR ADVENTURES, is currently accessible on PlayatHome.org. WISH I COULD P. (Pay it No Mind) is available to stream, as a part of All Arts's feature on The Fire This Time Festival.

Curator: de-cypher2020.com

Scripts

1st Imani 22nd Six

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

On the precipice of the 2008 Presidential election, a young family in New Jersey must dip-n-dodge the rain puddles of a changing world. "Jesus phones", monopoly money, and impending debt clutter the family's bandwidth, which ultimately asks Imani to change her service and re-write the biblical teaching Proverbs 22:6 (KJV).

On the precipice of the 2008 Presidential election, a young family in New Jersey must dip-n-dodge the rain puddles of a changing world. "Jesus phones", monopoly money, and impending debt clutter the family's bandwidth, which ultimately asks Imani to change her service and re-write the biblical teaching Proverbs 22:6 (KJV).

Wish I Could P. (Pay it no mind)

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

Under a streetlamp on a New York City night, Ariel and Jamil face difficult news about their future, while Marsha P. Johnson shepherds the lost back home. WISH I COULD P. is the first play in Mars's WHO RANG THE BELL?! play series, which reimagines fairytales and Disney folklore through the eyes of transgender/gender variant protagonists.

Under a streetlamp on a New York City night, Ariel and Jamil face difficult news about their future, while Marsha P. Johnson shepherds the lost back home. WISH I COULD P. is the first play in Mars's WHO RANG THE BELL?! play series, which reimagines fairytales and Disney folklore through the eyes of transgender/gender variant protagonists.

11th Hour Adventures

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

In a world where there's nowhere to go but Disney UP, Tyme saves Alice's social life inside the Looking Glass. 11TH HOUR ADVENTURES is the second play in Mars's WHO RANG THE BELL?! series, which reimagines fairytales and Disney folklore through the eyes of transgender/gender variant protagonists.

In a world where there's nowhere to go but Disney UP, Tyme saves Alice's social life inside the Looking Glass. 11TH HOUR ADVENTURES is the second play in Mars's WHO RANG THE BELL?! series, which reimagines fairytales and Disney folklore through the eyes of transgender/gender variant protagonists.

STBY, Ms. Brustein

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

The past x present mingle in the Metropolitan Opera’s greenroom, on the eve of the Lorraine Hansberry benefit. As the artists of the present dry-tech their celebration, the displaced spirits of San Juan Hill relive their final days on the Upper West Side. When the haunts of the past become too close for confrontation, the artists must quit rehearsing and facilitate the lost souls’ transition to the afterlife.

The past x present mingle in the Metropolitan Opera’s greenroom, on the eve of the Lorraine Hansberry benefit. As the artists of the present dry-tech their celebration, the displaced spirits of San Juan Hill relive their final days on the Upper West Side. When the haunts of the past become too close for confrontation, the artists must quit rehearsing and facilitate the lost souls’ transition to the afterlife.

RayQuan's Progress

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

RayQuan may or may not have sold his soul to the Devil, in prada. Now, the guards at Front Desk, LLC have RayQuan's fate in their hands. As the budding rap star approaches the doors of Fame and Obscurity, the guards must determine if his progress on earth warrants him access into Room #1 or #2. Underground rap serves as Exhibit A in the mock trial, but will it be enough evidence to save RayQuan's life and secure...

RayQuan may or may not have sold his soul to the Devil, in prada. Now, the guards at Front Desk, LLC have RayQuan's fate in their hands. As the budding rap star approaches the doors of Fame and Obscurity, the guards must determine if his progress on earth warrants him access into Room #1 or #2. Underground rap serves as Exhibit A in the mock trial, but will it be enough evidence to save RayQuan's life and secure his place in the Hall of Fame?

Turnt the Screw; or a trigger warning

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

Myles and Flora navigate the #MeToo movement on the terrains of their college campus and question: what happens when the voices in our heads become the ones we hear out loud? Inspired by Henry James' 19th century novella, THE TURN OF THE SCREW. Turnt the Screw; or a trigger warning meditates on mental illness, self-care, and psychotherapy.

Myles and Flora navigate the #MeToo movement on the terrains of their college campus and question: what happens when the voices in our heads become the ones we hear out loud? Inspired by Henry James' 19th century novella, THE TURN OF THE SCREW. Turnt the Screw; or a trigger warning meditates on mental illness, self-care, and psychotherapy.

Click Fate

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

Justin Timberlake underscores the god Apollo’s bedtime tale.

Justin Timberlake underscores the god Apollo’s bedtime tale.

Goddess, Forbid

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

The goddess of love attempts to rewrite the wrongs of the Christian bible. Meanwhile, Aiden & Evan prepare for a special night in the bedroom.

The goddess of love attempts to rewrite the wrongs of the Christian bible. Meanwhile, Aiden & Evan prepare for a special night in the bedroom.

Bertha Van Ation 3.0 (birth-of-a-nation 3 point-oh)

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

Mars, 3005. Oprah Shy X (Shy) and Oprah Shy Y (O)
attempt to recall the story of their escape from incarceration
and enslavement. Their brother (Cole) steers the whip
to freedom, using 808 to guide the Odyssey. Shy and O find
their task to be a tall order when the memories of the
Privilege People and their genetic experiments resurface.
Scientists, Sanitation Workers, and a Nurse join the siblings
on their quest...

Mars, 3005. Oprah Shy X (Shy) and Oprah Shy Y (O)
attempt to recall the story of their escape from incarceration
and enslavement. Their brother (Cole) steers the whip
to freedom, using 808 to guide the Odyssey. Shy and O find
their task to be a tall order when the memories of the
Privilege People and their genetic experiments resurface.
Scientists, Sanitation Workers, and a Nurse join the siblings
on their quest for truth within recycled myths, parables, and
trap beats.

Party Goin On: Live

by Mario (Mars) Wolfe

Synopsis

PARTY GOIN ON: LIVE is an immersive experience that walks its
participants through an exhibition of millennial kultr. A culture that
refreshes and updates as quickly as it […buffering], one that drives
away after four minutes of waiting.

Portlandia meets Insecure at a bar and they discuss Brecht, while that new
J. Cole bumps in the background.

PARTY GOIN ON: LIVE is an immersive experience that walks its
participants through an exhibition of millennial kultr. A culture that
refreshes and updates as quickly as it […buffering], one that drives
away after four minutes of waiting.

Portlandia meets Insecure at a bar and they discuss Brecht, while that new
J. Cole bumps in the background.