ROMEO AND JULIET WALK INTO A BAR

by John Maclay and Joe Foust

COMEDY

9 WOMEN, 1 MAN, 1 NONBINARY, 4-9 FLEXIBLE

A small midwestern college decides to stage Romeo and Juliet, with an all-female cast. Add in a mysterious guest director with a dubious resume and a bizarre show concept, and anything might happen. Can the students rescue the Bard from being hijacked? A hilarious, thoroughly contemporary look at what Shakespeare means to us today.

John Maclay is a playwright/lyricist whose work has been produced throughout the US and Canada. He co-wrote THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, ANATOLE and GOOSEBUMPS

THE MUSICAL: PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM, among others. His play HOPPER received a reading at Pasadena Playhouse and his musical ARTHUR AND FRIENDS MAKE A MUSICAL, based on the PBS Kids series, premieres in the fall of 2022.

Joe Foust is a founding member of Defiant Theatre; credits include directing and co-writing ACTION MOVIE: THE PLAY and UBU RAW. He has acted at the Goodman, Steppenwolf, TheatreWit, Chicago Shakespeare, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, New Victory, and Milwaukee Shakespeare among others.

Sanctuary City

by Martyna Majok DRAMA

1 WOMAN, 2 MEN

DREAMers. Love(r)s. Life-long friends. Negotiating the promise of safety and the weight of responsibility, two young people fight like hell to establish a place for themselves and each other in America. A story that asks what we’re willing to sacrifice for someone we love. Winner of the Edgerton Foundation and Off-Broadway Alliance award for Best New Play.

“For the undocumented immigrant teenagers in Martyna Majok’s unsparing, unsentimental new play, home is a heartbreaking lesson in betrayal.”—New York Times

Martyna Majok was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play COST OF LIVING. Other plays include SANCTUARY CITY, QUEENS and IRONBOUND, which have been produced across American and international stages. Awards include The Academy of Arts & Letters’ Benjamin Hadley Danks Award for Exceptional Playwriting, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play, Greenfield Prize, Francesca Primus Prize, two Jane Chambers Playwriting Awards, Lanford Wilson Prize, Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play, Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, and NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting.