Anthony Doan

On his second 29th birthday, or the first anniversary of his mother’s death, Con decides to become a playwright. Wielding a typewriter to process his grief, he tries to control the story of her life and death. However, three different monstrous versions of his mother refuse to be written away. Con’s fictions spiral into violence and self-justification, and the play revolts. "I Did Not Kill My Mother; and Other Lies I Tell Myself" is a meta-theatrical horror-comedy that gorily rips apart a queer Vietnamese-American son’s relationship with his dead Vietnamese mother in a visceral confrontation of the ethics of memory, the burden of cultural inheritance, and the power of storytelling.

Everything's coming up roses at the Ly family's Christmas Eve dinner, where matriarch Helen governs her pristine, all-white mansion. That is, until her son’s fiancée, Rose, arrives, whose vibrant presence threatens the purity of the night. The mood turns frigidly viscous and descends into psychological warfare when the family’s performance of civility cracks to unearth violent secrets. "Eggshell; or Vỏ Trứng" is a Gothic satirical thriller, as it follows a hauntingly dysfunctional family and unearths the fangs of internalized whiteness, self-acceptance, and the lengths we go to in order to survive.

Friends hang out. Or, friends fuck. Or, friends hang out and fuck, sometimes. Or, friends hold hands, cuddle, and kiss, but don't fuck. Or, friends only fuck. Then, they fuck other friends.... In a metropolitan apartment complex, where the walls' architecture depends on the psychology of young queer yearning, Elliot, Lake, Niko, and Grayson navigate a labyrinth of modern intimacy while attempting to find value in a culture of performative hookups. As desires for connection result in crossed boundaries and miscommunication, their carefully managed concepts of love collide with the visceral reality that is their romantic, sexual, and platonic lives. "Friends*** (With Asterisks)" is a romantic uncomedy that deconstructs the fluidity of queer intimacy, the limitations of modern labels, and the disillusionment of subjectivity.

Content warning: This play contains explicit depictions and/or discussions of sexual content, consent, and mental health.

"The Soulmate Play" is a play about soulmates... right? Under the guidance of iconic playwright and director Ari, two olive trees fight forest fire; Nefertiti and Iw ascend the pyramid of bad-bitchery; Philip and Christopher dick around in iambic pentameter. But also, are 0 and 1 hijacking the performance? Subverting traditional storytelling conventions through meta-theatricality and grandiosity, and an ice-cream-coneful of heart, this romantic epic pulls the curtain up on these star-crossed lovers and their journeys through time and space to explore whether love is a divine inheritance, a radical act of autonomy, or somewhere in between.

Int. Movie Theater - Night. Fade in on Russell, a filmmaker reveling in the reception of his debut feature at the LA Film Festival, and his brother Barry, a film critic with a reputation to be severe. A film projector flickers to life, and the siblings' past and present collide, forcing them to confront their fractured relationship. "Projector Projector" is a rumination on an immigrant upbringing, splintered paths, and the interconnection between criticism, creativity, and care.