New Works' Weekend at FreeFall Stage - performing at Royal Stage Theatre

We are excited to have a weekend featuring new works of aspiring playwrights, both local and national!

THE PLAYS

Time

Written and Directed by Edward A. Nason

Imagine finding yourself in a barren room with no idea how you got there. A strange person is there with you and keeps checking a pocket watch. They finally speak, talking about death and the psychological wounds you carry from growing up in an orphanage. They force a life or death decision on you. What would you do?

Laundry Man

Written by Chris Tan

Directed by Tana Aivaz Colburn

Wei and his brother-in-law, Shen, travelled from China to California during the Gold Rush–Shen to make his fortune and Wei to provide a better life for his wife and child. When the gold started to peter out, the white miners began to resent the Chinese miners. Shen left to find a better claim, and Wei never heard from him again. Wei started a laundry, but then the city began pushing the Chinese out of the neighborhoods.

The Shots You Never Take, a brief tragedy

Written by Noah Harris

Directed by Emma Eldridge

Stewart and his friend Kyle are hanging out at the local dive bar. Kyle steps out to pick up a pizza. Cassie pretends Stewart is her boyfriend to get rid of a very drunk Eric, who will not leave her alone. Cassie and Stewart have a great conversation . . . until Kyle returns. Stewart has a lot going for him, so why is it Kyle always gets the girl?

Love is Blind

Written by Brad White

Directed by Tana Aivaz Colburn

A simple DNA test leads a couple to a shocking revelation, sending them into a spiral of confusion, denial, and increasingly absurd rationalizations. As they struggle to make sense of it all, they debate whether to reveal the truth or keep  it buried. But just when they think they have a plan, their daughter turns everything on its head.

The Pier

Written by Emmy Kreilkamp

Directed by Deanne “Deedee” Farinha Eldridge

Louisa’s husband died unexpectedly while they were having marital difficulties. She knows it’s time to move on, but letting go is hard. She and her sister, Anna, are standing on a pier over the water of the Pacific Ocean. Will letting go of the symbol of the love Louisa and her husband once had, allow her the peace to move on? Or, is she just not yet ready?