FULL LENGTH: Abby, a precocious​ ​emo-goth/AfroLatinx ​teenager,​ ​orchestrates a​ ​surprise reunion for her​ ​mother Tanya and birth father Tom, with the help of her mom's fiance/healer John. Hoping to provoke long-lasting reconciliation between​ ​her parents before her high school graduation, Abby's plans completely derail when Tom arrives with new girlfriend Alusha. The ensuing fight between Tom and Tanya triggers previous traumas. Can this family confront their past, "deal and heal?"

"Teed Dad" subverts the popular regional theatre "kitchen-sink beach house play" to share a heartfelt, comedic exploration of generational trauma and recovery in a mixed race Black and Latinx family.

** 3 roles (Tom, Abby and Alisha) are specifically written for mixed race actors. NPX does not currently offer a way to tag roles for mixed race actors.

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“You are safe here, Sister.”

Tucked safely into the woods of what was once Belle, MO, a modest compound is home to five sister wives and their reluctant Husband. While the wives enjoy many freedoms, they have one simple and sacred task: a wife must produce the next heir, or they all risk being cut from the braid.

When a new wife mysteriously arrives the night of the Seedling, she disrupts their semi-annual procreation ritual. Will this new wife's radical ideas, ancient riot grrl songs, and acid wash denim compromise the safety and sanctity of this devout compound?

Set in a dystopian future, Denim Doves is a collaboratively-devised feminist farce that explores themes of women in subjugation and the hilarious consequences of a rigid dick-tatorship.

Original music by Erik Secrest with lyrics by Cyndi Williams.

PRESS:

"A scrumptious, in-your-face satire that might make its ancestors, Beyond the Fringe and Monty Python, green with envy. Denim Doves is spiced with rudeness and a fearless use of language . . . playing with balls-to-the-wall foolhardiness in a damn-the-torpedoes, swing-for-the-fences dedication." - Paul Myrvold's Theatre Notes

"With 'Denim Doves', Adrienne Dawes has created a strong feminist statement, while also delivering solid entertainment. It never feels preachy, even provides some of the biggest laughs I’ve had in some time, while still delivering its messages loudly and proudly (after all, it ends with a group women literally gearing up to fight the patriarchy)." - Examiner.com

“Mix the first episode of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” with 1970s science fiction films “Zardoz and The Apple,” add in a dash of Judd Apatow humor, and you’ve got “Denim Doves,” a new collaboratively devised theater piece written by Adrienne Dawes and created with Salvage Vanguard Theater . . . "Denim Doves” is ultimately a feminist statement about the hidden power and strength of women in even the most absurd and desultory of circumstances." - Austin American Statesman

"The brazenness with which sex and menstruation are treated in the production is actually refreshing . . . it's nice to know that I'm not the only woman who's ever read a work of imaginative or dystopian fiction and wondered how a girl's period is supposed to fit into all that." - Austin Chronicle

FULL LENGTH: You are Pretty explores the intimate lives and loves of workers of the Hippie Ho House, a legal brothel located in Moundhouse, NV. The Hippie Ho House depends primarily on the earnings of its top performer Bunny, known for her kinky parties and exaggerated “polyorgasmic” performances. As the women work to entertain a rotating cast of clients, their livelihood is threatened when Bunny refuses a client for the first time.



Press:

"You are Pretty . . . presents this world to you warts and all: the flimsy sheen of sex on top, the rage and lust churning below the surface, comedy, romance, and a free drink besides. For a play with such a tantalizing, sensationalistic premise, though, Pretty is actually full of nuance, quiet moments, and sadness. It's about the fragile people sucked into such a ruthless lifestyle (however they mask it as a world of fantasy)." - Austin Chronicle

Noted as one of theater critic Hannah Kenah's "favorite moments onstage in 2008" - Austin Chronicle

"If I could be young again, I would offer join (or offer my house to) Austin's busiest acting troupe, St Idiot Collective. Their site-specific valentine this February is You are Pretty by Adrienne Dawes, an earnest tale about the legal sex industry from a feminist perspective that has turned - how shall we say? - romantic." Playwright Amparo Garcia Crow in American Theater Magazine, October 2007