Saturday, Sep 6, 2025 at 12:00pm
Schedule:
12.pm - Pass the okra
By Zahria Moore
A messy, post-Roe V. Wade coming-of-age play
Monica and her cousin Kim grew up the best of friends. They played dolls together, talked about boys, and ran from their grandma’s okra.
As they grow up, Monica and Kim grow apart and seek joy in new ways. At twenty-somethin’, Monica dreams about leaving St. Louis for NYC. But, her plans of living "happily forever 21" are paused when she learns she’s pregnant. Since abortion is abolished, she must decide whether to have the baby or seek care outside of Missouri. With a little help from Kim and a multi-generational secret passed down through her grandma, Monica finds a way to safely and discreetly make her choice.
3.30pm - Last song on earth, a new musical
Book by Danielle Llevada
Music by Kyu Park
Lyrics by Riley Glick
A new folk-pop musical about daring to find, in each other, what happens after The End
Five years after The End, ONE and TWO—a meticulous survivor and a reckless wanderer— unexpectedly collide. Stumbling through post-apocalyptic laughter, grief, and fleeting hope, they form an unlikely friendship. But as the worlds they once knew—and the promises they made—unravel, their bond begins to fracture. At a crossroads, each must decide what to surrender to move forward…and whether that future is worth facing alone. In Last Song on Earth, a new folk-pop musical by Llevada, Park, and Glick, harmony rises from catastrophe and dares us to find, in each other, what comes next.
8pm - Mariposa
By Britney Lizbeth Quiroz
A magical play empowering first generation Latinas to combat alcoholism
Mariposa, a hopeful Mexican-American, first generation college student flies back to her community in the South Side of Chicago for summer break. Disconnected from her inner child, Mariposa–with community friends–faces the traditional chains of alcoholism, toxic masculinity, gender roles, and patriarchal beliefs that threaten to bind her to repeat the same abusive, generational cycle that her immigrant parents carry.
Mariposa is a magical story that empowers first generation Latinas to unapologetically reimagine what their life could be like outside of the heteronormative beliefs that bound them to lose themselves.
