directed by Tonya Pinkins, with musical guest Julie Brown "If Sartre’s No Exit and Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun had a black baby, it would be Blaine Teamer‘s Dead Wait. In this black comedy, Dead Wait takes you on an Afro-existential journey that asks the question, “can we ever escape the consequences of our acts of bad faith and if so…should we?”
Cast includes June Ballinger, Darius de Haas, Tyrone M. Henderson, Camille Saviola, Mateo Moreno, and Dashiell Eaves
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Dead Wait: A Journey In Afro-Existentialism (Part One) by Blaine Teamer

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Directed by Anna Brenner
Music from Vicki Quintero & Nakul Agrawal 
Actors: Andrea Negrete, Kelley Rae O'Donnell. Alex Hernandez, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Annie Henk, David Anzuelo

Juanie is a painter. His canvas: a giant egg, big enough to hold a full-grown adult man. Inside that egg is Juanie’s father’s dream: a prizewinning rooster that he hopes will become a star on the cockfighting circuit. When the egg hatches, the bird’s nature collides with Big Juan's vision for him. He embarks on a campaign to toughen the bird, to turn the bird into a warrior. When Juanie learns that most roosters that fight in cockfights die, Juanie searches for ways to save his family and his bird from total oblivion.

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Cockfight by Peter Gil-Sheridan

directed by Gaven Trinidad
musical guest Téhilah

ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN? IT’S ME, JUST ANOTHER GUY WHO GREW UP SECRETLY WORSHIPING YOUR CHISELED PORN STAR BODY ONLINE, AND NOW I THINK I LOVE YOU

Cast includes Jonathan Low, Ryan Jacobucci, Kathleen Choe, Shaun Anthony, Wesley Han, and Chris White

ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN?... was recorded live in February 2023
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Are You There Truman?... by Garrett David Kim

directed by Gregory Keng Strasser
musical guest Lauryn Alexandria

News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in foolhardy claims of Japanese sympathizers. As calls for war perpetrate a nation, The Ishii Family undertakes radical assimilation to calm the local police and fearful neighbors. Mixing family testimony and cartoon studio-ghibli charm, AMERICAN SPIES is a Queer Japanese American grandson's interpretation of the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster and their struggle to prove their patriotism.

Cast includes Sam Hamashima, Marina Kondo, Grace Hamashima, Ako, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Roger Yeh

AMERICAN SPIES was recorded live in January 2023
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American Spies by Sam Hamashima

Director: Cara Hinh
Musical Guest: Will Bug

A young Korean American girl struggles to grow up without her mother, who has been deported. A sea lion pup is forced to take on the duties of an adult sea lion, when his mother and he are affected by climate change. A play that examines loss, healing, and the connection between all living things.

Cast includes Phoenix Ra, Brittany Anikka Liu, Jully Lee, Estelle Lee, Sarah Shin, and Teresa Langford

SEA LONGING was recorded live in December 2022
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Sea Longing by Nina Ki

Directed by Melinda Hall
Music from Pamela Jean Agaloos
Cast: Yuriko Miyake, Aaron Banes, Marcie Henderson, Renee Flemings, and Pamela Karp
Recorded live November 28th, 2023

"Five years ago, Mother Wolf was captured and taken away from her pack and newborn pups. Now she returns to Homeland and there is no sign of other wolves. There are frequent avalanches; the glacier is melting at a rapid rate; forest fires and fierce storms are devastating the land. Mother Wolf convinces a lonely, teenage jackrabbit, a starving crow and Clem, a flower on a clematis vine, to team up with her. Together, they struggle to rectify the situation before it's too late."

Produced by The Parsnip Ship and Business Lunch Productions.
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Dead Wait: A Journey In Afro-Existentialism (Part One) by Blaine Teamer

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