IVORIES at The Makers' Ensemble

What do you get when A24's golden renaissance of horror is captured through a propulsive and urgent tragicomedy? McCarthy's haunting, yet bitingly funny thriller theatre follows nonbinary playwright Sloane and their botanist husband Gwyn settling the estate of Sloane's ailing grandmother. A sudden spiral of Sloane's obsession with completing their masterpiece in the house forces Gwyn to question the safety of Sloane regurgitating their family trauma into their art. When Gwyn's childhood friend Beckham arrives to help the couple bury the hatchet, they soon discover there may be more to the house, and to Sloane, hidden beneath the foundation. If the basement is the stomach... then what's the basement door? Ivories explores the cycles of generational trauma we inherit, the spectrum of bisexuality and trans identity, and how far we'd go to protect the family we've chosen.

The Brick's Brick Aux space hosts the production from March 24th-26th, before it moves to The Makers Ensemble's Makers Space from March 31st-April 2nd.