PLAYS
KISSING IN THE GROCERY STORE
L to R: Adrianna Randall and Trish Price“It was like watching my own anxieties play out in real-time…And yet, I still found myself laughing…. No matter your life experience or how you identify, I can promise you’ll either learn something or feel incredibly seen like I did” - Sophia Lail, The Pitch KC
KISSING IN THE GROCERY STORE follows Q, a queer twenty-something attempting to perform a magic spell they found on YouTube. Armed with a red candle, a cheap pepper shaker, and a whole lot of unresolved feelings, they navigate the intersections of queer identity, friendship, heartbreak, and family. The spell unfolds and so does Q’s internal reckoning as they spiral through flashbacks and imagined worst-case scenarios in a desperate attempt to move forward.
A multimedia theatrical experience blending humor, surrealism, and poetry, KISSING IN THE GROCERY STORE is a love letter to queer self-discovery.
Production History
Premiered in 2025 with Whim Productions in Kansas City, MO. Directed by Diana Watts, starring Trish Price, Adriana Randall, Sandy Osborn, and Megan Reynolds.
Press
The Pitch KC, KC Studio
SHADOW WOMAN
“Shadow Woman‘s Horror Affirms Real Life For Women, In All The Ages Of Weinstein” - Lindsay Knecht, D Magazine
L to R: Bella O'Brien and Nick RileySeventeen-year-old Arrah Andrews, still reeling from her mother’s death, moves into a new house with her father—only to discover something sinister lurking in her bedroom closet. When she wakes with unexplained bruises and finds a hidden diary detailing a woman’s abuse in the 1960s, Arrah realizes she’s facing a supernatural, patriarchal threat. As the entity’s grip tightens, possessing her father and warping her reality, Arrah must draw strength from the past to fight back.
SHADOW WOMAN confronts toxic masculinity and dismantles the "scream queen" trope, blending dance, sound, and spectacle into a haunting and thrilling theatrical experience.
Production History
Premiered in 2017 with House Party Theatre in Dallas, TX at the Bathhouse Cultural Center. Directed by Jenna Hannum, starring Bella O’Brien, Kent Van Dover, Stan Graner, Dakota Ratliff, Nick Riley, Grace Cuny and Hannah Weir.
Press
DMagazine, Dallas Observer
HYPOCHONDRIA
“The subject matter is something we can all relate to. Claire Carson's Hypochondria explores the all-too-familiar downsides of heading to WebMD.” - Lauren Smart, DallasObserver
L to R: Holly Settoon and Yusuf SeeversHYPOCHONDRIA explores what it is to exist inside your head as a (mostly) functioning member of society. And that feeling you feel when you notice a strange mole and it’s probably nothing, but maybe it’s something? From WebMD doom-scrolling to awkward sexual encounters, from carousel rides to doctor’s visits that feel more like existential interrogations, our protagonist tries (and fails) to quiet the noise inside her mind. Her obsession with every ache and rash collides with the realities of the American healthcare system as she battles both imagined and systemic threats.
Darkly funny and raw, Hypochondria lives at the intersection of healthcare, health insurance (or lack thereof), young women’s bodies, young women’s voices, everyone’s anxiety, trying to fall in love, and pop music.
Production History
Premiered in 2016 at the Margo Jones Theater in Dallas, TX, produced by The Tribe. Directed by Jake Nice, starring Holly Settoon, Braden Socia, Chris Sanders, Yusef Seevers and Abigail Birkett.
Press
Car Convos, Dallas Observer
MICHELLE WITH WET EYEBALLS
L to R: Holly Settoon, Kayode Soyemi, Kristen Kelso, Bailee RayleMichelle is just trying to keep things clean- her apartment, her psyche, her relationships. But no matter how many baths she takes, no matter how much she scrubs, something always lingers. A letter she can’t stop rereading. A friend who won’t stop asking for more. A bug-man hybrid who just won’t die.
Set in and around a bathtub, MICHELLE WITH WET EYEBALLS is a dark, surreal exploration of female autonomy, guilt, and power. Incorporating dance, magic tricks, and prose, the play dismantles the fine line between love and obsession and the cost of giving away too much of yourself before realizing what you want to keep.
Production History
Self-produced and directed in Dallas, TX in 2015 in a transformed garage.
Cast
Kristen Kelso, Holly Settoon, Kayode Soyemi, Bailee Rayle and Kent Van Dover.
“Engaging, boundary-pushing new work” - Lauren Smart, Dallas Observer.