Summary

Festival of staged readings showcasing the voices of the School’s Year 2 MFA Dramatic Writing students.

Reserve Seats

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Play 1: All That God Commands

By Cynthia Ochoa
Directed by Laura Flanagan

In 1980s Mexico, fifteen-year-old Vale tries to manage the burgeoning impulses and questions of a teenage girl — all the while dealing with an overprotective, aggressive and religiously fanatic single mother. A painfully exquisite coming-of-age play with a decidedly female and Latine identity.

Performance Date & Time
Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 8, at 8 p.m.

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Play 2: Tell Me You Know Heaven

By Marilyn Schotland
Directed by Kirstin Eggers

A road-trip with a wounded Archangel. Two PhD students in Queer Studies crisscross Michigan chasing and being chased by a former professor trying to bring her dead lover back to life. Has this all happened before? And will it be destined to repeat itself? A play about nonbinary identity, memory, murder, and the Eternal Return.

Performance Date & Time
Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m.

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Play 3: Between Fresno and Hell

By Joseph D. Valdez
Directed by Paul Urcioli

It’s 110 degrees. Everything is seemingly on fire. A global pandemic destabilizes and divides communities. Mike and his family find themselves in the last place they want to be: the Central California Valley for his wife’s, Nia, medical residency. Mike is left to unpack his new life and create a home for his family, but he starts to self-destruct. His daughter gets sick, his marriage becomes strained, and his relationship with his mother may be lost forever. It seems that there might be only one person who can help: a mural of “Heartthrob Jesus” painted on the wall.

Performance Date & Time
Saturday, April 8, at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 9, at 8 p.m.