PLAYWRIGHT
2F, 1NB/Trans
PLEASURE PLAY
2F, 1NB/Trans Person
Maeve is expecting to have sex, not see their mother.
After ten years, Abby walks through the door of the hotel room where Maeve is prepping for a client, breaking their estrangement and asking Maeve for a second chance.
Meanwhile, Maeve's partner Gracie isn't sold on the idea of Abby returning to their lives.
Also, there are aliens screaming in the attic!
Pleasure Play is an expressionist hellscape about codependence, shutting the world out, and being entirely seen.
Maeve is expecting to have sex, not see their mother.
After ten years, Abby walks through the door of the hotel room where Maeve is prepping for a client, breaking their estrangement and asking Maeve for a second chance.
Meanwhile, Maeve's partner Gracie isn't sold on the idea of Abby returning to their lives.
Also, there are aliens screaming in the attic!
Pleasure Play is an expressionist hellscape about codependence, shutting the world out, and being entirely seen.
Development + Production History
NOVEMBER 2023
Dreamwell Theatre
Premiere production by Dreamwell Theatre in Iowa City, IA. Artistic Director: Matthew Brewbaker. Director: Meredith Alexander.
MAY 2023
University of Iowa
Iowa New Play Festival reading. Received 4 weeks of development with actors, director, and light staging.
OCTOBER 2022
University of Iowa
Presented first draft in the Iowa Playwrights Workshop.
production photos
PREMIERE PRODUCTION
Dreamwell Theatre, Iowa City, IA
NOVEMBER 2023
director
stage manager
assistant stage manager
cast
maeve
gracie
abby
design
costumes + makeup
set + props
light
sound
Meredith Alexander
May Christensen
Elisabeth Ross
Owen Brightman
Emma Bibb
Mary Lukas
Samantha Mayer
Reese Morgan, Trent Yoder
Reese Morgan
Elisabeth Ross
READING
Iowa New Play Festival
MAY 2023
director
faculty advisor
cast
maeve
gracie
abby
stage directions
Owen Brightman
Meredith Alexander
Kiana Shevling-Major
Samantha Mayer
Mary Lukas
Emma Hughes