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A downright hilarious exploration of friendship, fan clubs, and middle school infatuation. The three young characters in this short piece are bound together by a common infatuation until one of them realizes that she is no longer obsessed with the object of their affection and the group must determine how to handle it. The denouement is brutally perfect.

Clint and Renee are working class couple living a lie. He is angry and unable accept who he is while she had physically and emotionally fled into the arms of another. Their barely sustained status quo begins to unravel when Renee's brother Lee enters the picture throwing off their delicate balance. Austin Bennett has created powerful and provocative kitchen sink drama that will leave you thinking.

Clever and well crafted 10 minute piece about an extramarital affair gone wrong. Rick and Michelle are shocked when the “Private Detective” hired by Rick’s wife turns out to actually be something far more insidious. But all may not be quite as it seems in this original and creative take. Well worth staging.

A powerfully dark noir about a photographer balancing the desire to kill his unfaithful wife with the hope that she and her lover take him out first. The lead character, Nick, is already less than stable when the play begins, and the audience is welcomed into his troubled mind as he proceeds to descend deeper and deeper into his self-destructive madness. A disturbing piece that you simply cannot stop from getting drawn into.

Although set 20+ years ago, this short piece deftly examines a heavily debated topic causing existential angst amongst today's political left. At what point does anti-Zionist expression cross the line into antisemitism, and how do you even address it within a coalition where deviation from the majority standard can lead to banishment from said coalition?

A powerful short pice about race, power dynamic, and the acceptance of self. Rhett has been living a lie for years, bound and dominated by the false life he has created for himself and the loss of his first true love, and he can only find his path to true freedom with the help of the unlikiest of guides.

A intriguing take on one woman’s approach to the end of the world. Gwen Docter does a great job in pulling off the tricky task for two different days occurring on stage simultaneously. The ending pays off perfectly.

This wonderful Neo-Brechtian play bounces between "nineteen-ninety-something-something" and today as it examines college protests done as activity rather than action. In a time where there is no war to stop and no revolution to commence, what is a protest minded activist to do? These four ceaselessly entertaining characters reflect on this twenty some years on in a play that shows how the protest of politics can often take a second seat to the politics of protest. A fantastic piece.

This innovative short piece packs a lot into its ten minute running time. In a darkly funny, yet touching, portrait of a forgotten military veteran seeking a way out from the life he did not want of make, Stephen Byrum has also delivered a succinct critique on loneliness and AI learning models.

A poignant, fun, and downright funny paean to young friendship and growing apart. The two leads are well drawn and relatable to audiences of all ages. The surrealistic aspects work well and are integrated perfectly with the rest of the piece.