underground

Led by Anthony Crosby

October 3-5 • 7pm

Frances Ann Cannon Theatre

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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.

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Macbitches

By Sophie McIntosh

Directed by Amelia Boyce Munson

October 24-26 • 7pm

Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre

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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

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Luka Chuppi (or Hide & Seek)

By Hasan ul Haq

Directed by Anthony Crosby

November 7-9 • 7pm

Frances Ann Cannon Theatre

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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

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Sparky O’Brian’s Safety Presentation

By Maura Pelczynski

Directed by Violet Webster

November 7-9 • 7pm

Frances Ann Cannon Theatre

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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

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FIRST LOOK READING SERIES • Open Space

Lifeblood

By Julia Duffy

Directed by Mystery Skelton

September 25 • 6:30pm

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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

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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

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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.