Sam Chanse

The daughter of a trauma survivor, Pia is driven by the desire to help free her mother from paralyzing fear memories – that’s why she became a neuroscientist. But the unexpected return of an old acquaintance triggers a storm of memory, forcing Pia to tangle with her own fears and paralysis, and pushing her to question deeply-held beliefs about her own past. How can changing our memories about who we were then change who we are now?

An Asian American novelist reckons with a downfall - and global disaster - in the twilight of a successful career.

When Lee recognizes childhood friend Allie in a video of a racist rant that goes viral, Lee's sister, Grace, urges her to reach out. As Lee becomes uncomfortably reacquainted with Allie, a volatile domestic situation and sudden crisis explode the world around her. In a time of heightened fear and anger, how can Lee connect with others, and contend with her own rage? A play about this country and this moment, the fury around and within us, and what happens next.

Connie is navigating a writers room as the only woman and person of color. Amy is studying -- and bearing painful witness to -- coral reefs imperiled by a warming climate. Mac is contending with community exile after leaving a beloved job under mysterious circumstances. Struggling in their individual spheres, the three sisters also struggle with the absence of a fourth sister they hope to somehow save: the brilliant Lina, who seems to be disappearing into a toxic relationship. Intertwining with the world of the sisters -- in another, radically different world -- four cartoon sloths go on their own journey to find a treasure, save their home, and confront a mystery. Through interlacing narratives of sisters and sloths, this play explores loss, resiliency, and the coming back after devastation.

In an old Victorian home repurposed as a center for community organizing, four young women arrive as the recipients of a competitive training fellowship for BIPOC organizers. As they engage in workshops and trainings under the eye of their charismatic but problematic leader, preparing for a final major action to defeat a pernicious ballot proposition, the women find themselves uncovering secrets and navigating increasingly disturbing (and historically troubled) waters.

Taking refuge from a twitterstorm and other assorted upheaval on a last-minute camping trip, Mel and Arjun meet Georgia, a solitary young woman studying the impact of climate change on the imperiled Joshua tree.

Two sisters go into the woods to find their missing father who has gotten lost on a routine mushroom hunting expedition. Deep in the forest they encounter a mysterious boy -- who bears a striking resemblance to the dad's estranged son, the sisters' younger brother. With limited visibility, a forest that keeps turning itself around, and the interfamilial politics of race and gender, pushed to extremes, will they ever be able to find the road -- or one another?

Tara serves as a gestational surrogate in a Gujarat clinic for Denise, thousands of miles away in California. Each woman is set on realizing her dreams in a rapidly changing world, but complications only intensify as a deeply personal experience becomes a global transaction.

In this apocalyptic satire, devout bank clerk Lydia Clark-Lin has 28 days to terminate a pregnancy, shoot her own funeral video, and do some standup comedy.