Look Both Ways by Chuck Blasius
Monday - Tuesday, Aug. 25 - 26 at 7PM
On the night of the 1977 New York City blackout, a handful of gay activists meet in a church basement and must contend with splintering ideals, infighting, and the dark...
As the night progresses, they're visited by three mysterious figures who force them to confront their gay past and present and how they will approach the future.
Written by Chuck Blasius
Directed by Robert Gomes
Featuring: Moe Bertran, Kevin Boseman, Brandon Espinoza, Ken Forman, Neil Redfield, Joshua David Robinson, Karen Sillas, Monique Vukovic
This is a staged reading.
Tickets available here.
Problematic Tendencies
Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6 at 7PM
Sunday, September 7 at 3PM
This collection of monologues features the masterful work of our favorite storytellers exposing unique layers of the human condition -- from funny to sad to horrifying.
New Work by: Richard Alfredo, Richard Caliban, Lisa Ebersole, Ken Forman, Eric Maierson, Joan Mathieu, Risa Mickenberg, Traci Parks, Jacquelyn Reingold, Bill Schaumberg
Featuring: Dontonio Demarco, Lisa Ebersole, Sean Patrick Folster, Ken Forman, Petra Hinds, Katie Honaker, Rhonda Keyser, Beatrice Low, Joan Mathieu, Monique Vukovic
Directed by: Richard Alfredo, Richard Caliban, Lisa Ebersole, Ken Forman, Joan Mathieu, Cady McClain, Risa Mickenberg, Nate Nguepsi, Traci Park, Shannon Patterson, Monique Vukovic
Tickets available here.
AI vs. Hannah by David Deblinger
Thursday, August 28 at 7:00 pm
Morris is tired of being emotionally triggered by men, women and animals. He seeks treatment from an A.I. psychotherapist, taking a psilocybin-type substance which has him leap into the dream world of his unconscious.
This is a free staged reading.
Tickets available here.
Road Kills
August 15 - September 6
What happens to the stains you can’t get out?
Owen is a roadkill collector. Jaki was busted for drunk driving. And for the next six Saturdays, they’re stuck with each other.
As they traverse the highways of Wisconsin, they connect over their common ground as outsiders, challenge each other on issues of faith and family, and careen towards a collision that threatens to shatter them both.
Sophie McIntosh’s unflinching new play Road Kills forces us to confront the long-lasting repercussions of abuse — and urges us not to look away.
Following a sold-out reading with the Frontera Series, Road Kills will have a full production at Paradise Factory, running August 15 - September 6, 2025. Tickets are now on sale.
Understudy Anna Aubry will be performing as "Jaki" on the performances scheduled for August 29th and 30th at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets available here.
NOVECENTO
by Alessandro Baricco
September 3, 7PM
At the turn of the century, on a fantastical ocean liner carrying immigrants to America, an infant is abandoned atop the piano in a box of lemons. Dubbed “Novecento” (1900) by the crew, he never sets foot on dry land, but becomes the most electrifying pianist the world would never know.
Directed by Lisa Millinazzo
International ensemble:
Logan Schmucker, Jon Mykul Bowen, Goran Popovich, Rudaba Nasir, Alisa Mirovna, Youlim Nam*, Tenzin Lhase
with LIVE music!!
Felipe Rondontito, Mike Irwin, and Logan Schmucker
*Actors Equity Association
Admission free
Tickets are available here.