how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma)
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SynopsisSpencer begins to clean their room and reflect on their relationship with the people around them. Who can and can’t we control in our lives? Does caring mean anything beyond words? Does infatuation go both ways? A play in two cycles with anxiety, depression, and puppets.
Content Warning-discussion of suicide
-depictions of anxiety/panic attacks -alcohol abuse -emotional abuse -death -grief -mentions of transphobia CharactersSpencer: In Need of Meds. Best played by a non-binary person of color
Mother: Motherly. Best played by an older woman of color Therapist: Gentle. Best played by an older woman of color Doctor: Helpful. Best played by an older woman of color Quinn: A lot. Best played by someone of a marginalized identity Brian:Well Kept. Best played by someone of a marginalized identity Al: Stable. Best played by a white man Greg: Adventurous. Best played by a white man Derek: Alternative. Best played by a white man Casey: Charming. Best played by a white man |
Production History
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Workshop, Spring 2019. Washington D.C.
Haus of Hazard Theatre Company: Staged Reading; Fall 2019. Bellingham, Washington
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 7: Staged Reading, Winter 2020. Fort Collins, Colorado
Western Washington University: Production dir. by Evan Mueller, Fall 2020. Bellingham, Washington
DePaul University: Production , Winter 2022. Chicago, Illinois
Majestic Theatre Corvallis: Production. Summer 2022. Corvallis, Oregon
University of Illinois: Production, Fall 2023. Bloomington/Normal, Illinois
University of Northern Colorado: Production, Winter 2024, Boulder, Colorado
Haus of Hazard Theatre Company: Staged Reading; Fall 2019. Bellingham, Washington
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 7: Staged Reading, Winter 2020. Fort Collins, Colorado
Western Washington University: Production dir. by Evan Mueller, Fall 2020. Bellingham, Washington
DePaul University: Production , Winter 2022. Chicago, Illinois
Majestic Theatre Corvallis: Production. Summer 2022. Corvallis, Oregon
University of Illinois: Production, Fall 2023. Bloomington/Normal, Illinois
University of Northern Colorado: Production, Winter 2024, Boulder, Colorado
Awards and Honors
Lambda Literary Award Best LGBTQ Anthology 2022: Finalist
KCACTF David Mark Cohen Award 2021: 1st Place
KCACTF National Undergraduate Playwriting Award 2020: 1st Place
KCACTF Region 7 National Partners of American Theatre 2020: Nominee
Kennedy Center Undergraduate Playwriting Workshop: Honoree
KCACTF David Mark Cohen Award 2021: 1st Place
KCACTF National Undergraduate Playwriting Award 2020: 1st Place
KCACTF Region 7 National Partners of American Theatre 2020: Nominee
Kennedy Center Undergraduate Playwriting Workshop: Honoree
