I Build Giants
by Ryan Stevens
ABOUT THE PLAY:
An Engineer successfully designs the world’s first operational, large-scale, humanoid mech, naming it a Gossamer (GOSMR — Greater Outer Self-Manual Reach). She hopes they will change the world. She hopes they’ll revolutionize industry and how we interact with building things and the very concept of the self, machines, and existence. But for others, this breakthrough is a chance to make huge money and sell armored titans to the highest bidder.
To some, the Engineer’s Gossamers are terrifying. A Technician is looking to create not just new machines, bur new people. An Astronaut is hired to take the Gossamers to the stars. But the same powers-that-be that love the Gossamers are not as welcoming to this technology that can’t be turned into profit.
As the Engineer’s earnest joy turns to hubris, and the Gossamers get more varied and specialized, the Engineer must reckon with the world she has helped to create. A story about ego, the burden of dreams, and why giant robots are just so damn cool to us.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Ryan Stevens (He/They) is a playwright and director currently based in Los Angeles. They received their MFA in playwriting from UCLA. They received their Master's Degree in Dramaturgy and Bachelor's in Creative Writing from the University of South Carolina. Their Shakespearean farce Player King is published through StageScripts, Ltd. Stevens is also a participant of the 2019 Great Plains Theatre Conference, 2019 Silver Spring Stage One Act Festival, 2015 Horizon Theatre National Young Playwrights Festival, The Crowbait Club, The New American Theatre One Act Festival, The Whiskey Radio Hour, Scotch & TV Dinner at the Annoyance Theatre, and 2018 and 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
I Was Made for Less
by Cody James
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Fallen, alone, afraid.
One individual has fallen from society, from the world; all because of how they choose to live.
A Trial is held and judgement is upon them. Their fate rests in the hands of the Four High Adjudicators: Gods of Decency and Morality who maintain the power to wipe insolence from the world. They explore memories, events and “evidence” in an effort to frame the Individual for gross indecency and sentence them, and anyone like them, to the cruelest of fates.
This piece explores gender expression and the way society reacts, and mostly shuns, any thing different from the norm through a stark combination of courtroom drama and expressionist science-fantasy.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Cody James (they/them) is a theatre maker specializing in writing, directing and designing engaging theatre experiences with groups local to Western and Central Maryland as well as Eastern West Virginia. Cody received their MA in Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway in 2020 and is the full time Technical Director and a company member at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Cody is also a founding member of Red Hill Theatre Group.
Fat Unicorn Cake
by Remee Cunningham
ABOUT THE PLAY:
A frantic and surreal look at the world of social media, influencers and the age of internet personas. We see the life, tragedies and revelations of three social media influencers in a split monologue format, holding a mirror up to modern society and our dependence on electronic gratification and attention.
‘’Fat Unicorn Cake’’ was selected and won ‘’Best Overall Production” for the Jerome Hynes play festival in 2020.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Remee is now based in Galway City, Co. Galway. After completing a B. A in Drama and Theatre Studies from UCC, Remee was selected for a marketing internship at the Cork Opera House, Co. Cork. Here she worked on the company’s summer production of “The Wizard of Oz” (2018) and the Flying Entertainment UK production of “The Kite Runner” (2018). After completing this internship, Remee was hired at the National Opera House, Co. Wexford.
Remee completed an MA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from NUIG in 2020. This intensive one-year course cultivated her skills as a playwright and increased her knowledge of theatrical structures and forms. This year, Remee's play ‘’The Untethering’’ had a work in progress in Galway Theatre Festival.
Remee also works as a dramaturg and recently worked with theatre marker Tonya Harte on her piece ‘Forgotten Goddesses’ which was funded as a work-in-progress residency with Theatre 57 based in Galway City. This year, Remee completed a Dramaturgy development program with The Centre of Applied Dramaturgy (coAD) which was taught by renowned dramaturg Lou Cope.
Of Shapes Invisible
A New Devised Play
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Two pairs; each a parent and their child.
One pair alone on an island; the other half a world away, ruling over a lost kingdom.
In spite of their apparent separation, the younger of each pair are connected via the tiniest thread of synapses in their deepest slumbers.
This new play, devised by Red Hill Theatre group, takes characters and concepts from William Shakespeare’s “Tempest” and chisels them down into a concentrated look at the relationships between parents and their children, the fears and longings we visualize in our dreams and the interconnectivity of the world as a whole.
ABOUT THE DEVISING PROCESS:
Devising is a unique and collaborative means of producing theatre.
While this particular piece has a denoted concept, as described above, the actual storyline and script will be worked out through the months leading up to performances.
Specifically, member of Red Hill and the decided cast and crew of the piece will engage in story sharing, physical and verbal workshops as well as numerous other exercises under the loose guidance of a devising leader.