underground
Led by Anthony Crosby
October 3-5 • 7pm
Frances Ann Cannon Theatre
Audiences will follow a community created in response to the climate disaster reaching
devastating levels and forcing Earth’s remaining humans underground. underground
aims to explore the di culty, frustration, and joy inherent in collaboration, and the
beauty that comes from people working together. We will draw inspiration from various
underground art and cultural movements, resistance groups, and actual underground
cities/communities in the creation of our own fictional underground community. We will
also explore ideas about groups, alternative cultures/societies, and speculative evolution.
This piece is presented as the culmination of the Spring 2024 Devised residency.
Macbitches
By Sophie McIntosh
Directed by Amelia Boyce Munson
October 24-26 • 7pm
Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre
Zoom in on a Wisconsin BFA program, as the cast for Macbeth is released. A freshman is
cast as Lady Macbeth, and the senior who has taken the lead for 3 years prior invites her
over for an unforgettable night of many drinks to inaugurate her into the department.
This piece is presented as the Fall 2024 Published Play
Luka Chuppi (or Hide & Seek)
By Hasan ul Haq
Directed by Anthony Crosby
November 7-9 • 7pm
Frances Ann Cannon Theatre
Trapped by societal expectations, Shan faces the unthinkable – an arranged marriage.
His only escape is coming out to his overbearing parents, Jamal and Sania. But the
fear of their disapproval sufocates him.
This piece is presented as a Fall 2024 New Work
Sparky O’Brian’s Safety Presentation
By Maura Pelczynski
Directed by Violet Webster
November 7-9 • 7pm
Frances Ann Cannon Theatre
Sparky O’Brian is an electrician by practice and passion, who uses a little diorama of a
little town full of little dolls to teach kids about the dangers of electricity and all the lines
they shouldn’t touch.
This piece is presented as a Fall 2024 New Work
FIRST LOOK READING SERIES • Open Space
Lifeblood
By Julia Duffy
Directed by Mystery Skelton
September 25 • 6:30pm
Eternity. When Cleo comes face to face with a beautiful vampiress, the alchemist’s life
spirals into a study of what she sees as the immortality curse. Lifeblood is a new queer
play that weaves a lush romantic narrative of reciprocal sacrifice between two lovers
over eras of history. For what good is forever when you brave it alone?
The Seventh Day
By Leyi Li
Directed by Emmariah Wyss
October 9 • 6:30pm
How would one react when their loved one has gone from their life? How many minds and
souls are twisted when a person is forever gone? How do you let go? How do you move
on? How do you accept that this is just something broken in your heart that will never
heal? It all starts with an accident and it ends with an incident. This is a three-person
play about tradition, family, grief, death, trauma, and how to deal with them.
They Woke at Dawn
By Mystery Skelton
Directed by Frank Barret
October 30 • 6:30pm
A horror farce, a missing persons case, and a zombie outbreak arrive at a police station in a
small uranium mining town. There’s no punchline, but there is a new play, They Woke at Dawn.