Chris Woodworth

The ties that bind siblings April and Graham are frayed as they try to run their family bar. When
a stranger appears, those ties snap. Beth has come to town seeking…something. Chicory
symbolizes endurance, endless waiting, and a yearning for beauty. Riddled with secrets and
scarred by tragedy, will these three find beauty in what’s broken?

We Are the Volcano explores possible futures in the wake of climate change through a series of
short, interconnected, magical realist vignettes. Where will we live, how will we love, and what
happens to us as we confront the end of the world? Robin’s migration and return home weaves
the scenes together through a series of stylized interludes. We Are the Volcano concludes with
Robin and Mockingbird wrestling over the same perch, ultimately making room for each other
and all other birds seeking a home. By turns stark and humorous, the allegorical theatre piece
navigates the perils of a warming planet.
A note on casting: This play can be performed by as few as 4 actors and as many as 17 (or more, if you want to
bring in a huge group for the final moment).

What happens to those left behind in the wake of an on-campus suicide? Madeleine (a professor) and Julie (a student) try to make sense of this seemingly senseless act. As the women navigate their respective grief (and guilt) journeys, they grapple with the challenges of recovering a research protocol and reckoning with their roles in higher education. In these moments of acute stress, unlikely friendships are forged, and others are fractured.

CONTENT WARNING:
This play contains references to suicide by gun, including some graphic descriptions, as well as reference to mass shooting.

Fossenvue is a play about mothers and daughters, weaving together past and present. Set on the shore of Seneca Lake, it imagines a Finger Lakes summer camp created by 19th century suffragists and raises difficult questions about the legacies of race and suffrage activism today. How do we reckon with the echoes and reverberations of the predominantly white women’s suffrage movement in the present? How do we acknowledge the harms of the past without denying or whitewashing? How do we grapple with all of these thorny questions while navigating the loving and also tumultuous personal landscapes of mothers and daughters?

How would you spend your final moments at the end of the world? The Last Bee has a plan. But when Someone No One unexpectedly arrives, the world ends in a surprising way.

Photographer and Activist have two very different ideas about what's going to happen when the sun sets at the shore of a lake.