FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS

Come out to Firehouse Theatre for mimosas and bagels and participate in the creative process of making a new play.

First Drafts and Bagels brings together playwrights, directors, performers, and you to hear, then talk about, new plays.

upcoming first drafts and bagels

MANISTIQUE

Written by Andrew Gall

Directed by Juliana Caycado

Thirty years ago, Renny vanished and Anna hasn’t laid eyes on him since. Now, an apocalyptic midnight blizzard traps them together in a cramped cabin in Manistique, Michigan, a remote town that is on the way to nowhere, for a relentless, booze-fueled reckoning. Renny is now a washed-up musician. Anna is a fierce survivor who just dragged his wallet,  keys, and her life out of the dumpster—and has zero intention of letting him disappear again.

Coincidence or fate?  A high-voltage, darkly funny, and emotionally explosive encounter ensues over secret betrayals, physical collapse, the wreckage of middle age, the cost of running, the price of staying and the terrifying vulnerability of accepting the beauty of life when it doesn’t go as planned. 

Starring:

Emily Turner and Andrew Firda

stage directions read by Denise Simone

Show Discussion Facilitation by Claire Wittman

Saturday, August 15th at 12p