Wagner New Play Festival

SHAME SPIRAL

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SHAME SPIRAL

May 4, 9, 10, 14, and 17 @ 7:30pm, May 11 @ 2pm

UC San Diego |

Wagner New Play Festival 

A new play by Ali Viterbi

Directed by Natalie Griffith Robichaux

The Wagner New Play Festival features world-premiere productions written by the MFA playwrights and directed, acted, stage-managed and designed by the nationally acclaimed MFA companies. The plays represent some of the most original and groundbreaking new voices in American theatre.

SHAME SPIRAL Synopsis: When contestant Lauren S joins The Bachelor in its 23rd season, she’s prepared for all the drama if it means finding her one true love. What she’s not prepared for is the internet’s response to the revelation of her virginity and the subsequent fallout. SHAME SPIRAL engulfs us in the alternate reality of reality TV complete with false eyelashes, red roses, antiquated gender roles, and this persistent sense of shame that seems to lurk beneath every single moment. What’s the price we’re willing to pay to find true love? And why do the things that give us pleasure make us feel so guilty?

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JOSHUA (UC San Diego’s Wagner New Play Festival 2018)

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JOSHUA

May 12, 16, 17, 18 @ 7:30pm, May 19 @ 10:30am

UC San Diego | 

Wagner New Play Festival |

A new play by Ali Viterbi

Directed by Vanessa Stalling

The Wagner New Play Festival features world-premiere productions written by the talented MFA playwrights and directed, acted, stage-managed and designed by the nationally acclaimed MFA companies. The plays represent some of the most original and groundbreaking new voices in American theatre. JOSHUA will be performed as part of the MFA One Acts, at the Arthur Wagner Theatre, along with fellow MFA first-years Dave Harris’ “Tambo and Bones” and Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s “The Clitorish.”

Joshua Synopsis: Anya’s boyfriend was Caleb’s best friend. To commemorate the one-year anniversary of his death, Anya and Caleb ditch school to go to the desert. And maybe fall in love. And maybe conjure a ghost. JOSHUA looks at that moment in time where life moves us from a place of youth and innocence into the place that will shape our adult selves. As we look back, how do we reconcile the missed opportunities, the things we didn’t say, the paths we didn’t take? And will they even matter to our older selves?

For more information, check out this press release!