EM HAUSMANN
FALLING... FALling... fallen
7 short plays by the Fresh Binder Productions Fall 2024 Playwrighting Cohort
The Center at West Park, January 2025









CAST: Chett D'Angelo, Gabriel Ethridge, Korey Grecek, Danielle Koenig, Mahayla Laurence, Sam Rodriguez, Emile Sivero, & Eva Wolfson.
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Director: Em Hausmann
Producer/Sound Designer: Lee Harrison Daniel
Fresh Binder Productions Co-Founders & Cohort Facilitators: Bailey Joran Garcia & Roni Ragone
Lighting Designer: Zee Hanna
Puppet Designer: Scottie LaRue
Photos by Ian McQueen
The Fresh Binder Productions Writer's Cohort provides a safe space for transgender and nonbinary playwrights to create a devised full length play from the ground up. FALLING... FALling... fall featured new works from six selected TGNC playwrights.
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BABY FISH MOUTH by Grace "Juice" O'Rourke
"When Harry Met Sally" plays on the TV. Sara has been watching it over and over again on repeat-chanting curse words at the TV screen. She is calm during Auld Lang Syne. Sara swears, it's not because she's lonely and it's not because it's Christmas Eve. Baby Fish Mouth listens, cries, and laments over their mother's painful grief...
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WWCD? AKA LXIX by Grace "Juice" O'Rourke
After a first date gone rather well, Vinne invites Joylon back to their place. Once arriving, suddenly, Vinne realizes that they're going to have to explain their unusual hobby that's spread across their living room floor. A mini-rom com circling through the ideas of permanence and change, but it's not a kink thing-they swear!
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GOD'S LOVE (END ME) by Matty Mahoski
"We" believes that no matter how much we choose to live, God-or the Gods-will be angry with us, while "They" and "Them" comment and nitpick at this soliloquy. Exploring the themes of religion, shame, and suicidal ideation, this short piece uncovers what we need from our Gods and ourselves.
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HOMERESTEIA by Christiane Swenson
HOMERESTEIA is a short absurdist tragedy about a young transgender sociopath named Bart Simpson who makes an ill-fated attempt at revenge after Moe the bartender kills his father and marries his mother. Lisa and Milhouse are also there, but they spend most of the time playing the game Dress to Impress on Roblox.
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BY A STRING by Lizz Mangan
William and Jake are working on building a horse marionette for their assignment for puppetry class. William and Jake decide to smoke a joint. William has to move Jake's arm for him to get the joint as Jake is now turning into a puppet. The horse marionette, Snow, takes a hit of the joint as Snow is now turning into a sentient being. The piece explores the horror of having to exist in a body. Also, does health insurance cover turning into a puppet?
WELLFLEET 2008 by RJ Beardmore
It's Christmas at Cape Cod and everyone is throwing a crazy rager. Outside of one, in a snowy beach parking lot, Taylor and Caleb make out on the side of Taylor's car. Taylor is the most badass person alive and Caleb is in awe. Taylor offers Caleb his first joint-What could go wrong?
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THE FINAL CORPORATE ADVENTURE OF THE MAD, SEXY SCIENTIST, DR.GLO-WERM *STARRING JENNIFER POOLIDGE by Nay Harris
What happens when you put a sexy asexual scientist, a Silly Bandz obsessed maintenance man, a chill "silconist" (person who can speak silicone), and a sentient "blob" of glow in the dark silicone all in one lab? Hella trans, science-y shenanigans! Follow Dr. Glo-Werm, Mutton, Stan, and Jennifer Poolidge on a journey of sexuality, love, and the power of silicone. Pleasure has no limits, nor is it exclusive, its many forms and experiences should be accessible to everyone.