Festival Schedule
Friday, April 14 at 7 p.m.
The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi (St. Louis, MO)
Synopsis: A son tries to save his mother. She has other ideas, however. So do two mysterious strangers who watch the play—and ask the son to tell the story again and again until he gets it right, whatever right might be. Directed by Adam Flores, Dramaturgy by Robert Maesaka.
Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m.
Dogs by Hanna Kime (Chicago, IL)
Synopsis: On a Fourth of July sometime in the future, five women take the stage to compete in the annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, each one hoping to make history, to conquer nature and to shatter our perception of what the human body is capable of. DOGS is a dizzying and high-intensity exploration of capitalism, competition, and consumption that poses the question: how long can we keep all this up? Directed & Dramaturgy by Nancy Bell.
Sunday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
Titania & Oberon’s Road Trip by e.k. doolin (Edwardsville, IL)
Synopsis: The fairies Titania and Oberon are at a point in their eternal relationship where things are no longer working, and each of them thinks they know how to fix it, even though they are both hiding some major truths from each other. This is a play in deep conversation with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that focuses on love, relationships, the open road and, of course, fairies.
Directed by Miranda Jagels Félix Dramaturgy by Susie Lawrence.
Additional SIUC Reading (Free)
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Murphy’s Law of Pretenders by Pearl Moore (SIUC – MFA Playwriting Candidate)
Synopsis: Murphy, Gia, Sophie, and Riley who were once BFFs go to their school reunion and get sucked into their childhood dress-up chest. Chaos ensues. Directed by Segun Ojewuyi.
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2022 Playwrights

e.k. doolin (Edwardsville, IL)
e.k. doolin, she/her, lives and writes in the MetroEast area of St. Louis. Her plays have been produced by the Slightly Askew Theatre Company, Prison Performing Arts, and the Center… Read More
e.k. doolin, she/her, lives and writes in the MetroEast area of St. Louis. Her plays have been produced by the Slightly Askew Theatre Company, Prison Performing Arts, and the Center of Creative Arts (all of Missouri), and York College (PA), Geneva Theatre Guild (NY), Cutler Bay Theatre (FL), Theatre is the Cure (CA) and Slackline Theatre (UK). She also has had staged readings produced by The Q-Collective and Tesseract Theatre, both of St. Louis, MO. In January of 2022, her one-act play Running Uphill to Smooth Criminal was a Region 3 finalist at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and was produced by the Heartland Theatre of Bloomington, IL in July of 2022.
e.k. is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Hannah Kime (Chicago, IL)
Hanna Kime is a St. Louis-born and Chicago-based playwright. Recent works include Next Door (developed with Steep Theatre), The Best Damn Thing (2021 O’Neill Finalist, Selected for UP: Renewal Reading… Read More
Hanna Kime is a St. Louis-born and Chicago-based playwright. Recent works include Next Door (developed with Steep Theatre), The Best Damn Thing (2021 O’Neill Finalist, Selected for UP: Renewal Reading Series), The Targeted (2020 O’Neill Finalist, 2021 BAPF Semifinalist), and Now More Than Ever (produced by St. Louis Actors Studio, Winner of OKC Rep’s Stage@Home Contest). Her full-length works have been read or developed with Steep Theatre, UP Theater, Jackalope Theatre, The New Coordinates, Broken Nose Theatre, First Floor Theater (where she served as Literary Manager from 2018-2021 and is now a company member), and Sideshow Theatre (where she is an Ensemble Member). Outside of her own writing, Hanna works as a dramaturg and teaching artist. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2018 with degrees in English and Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Novid Parsi (St. Louis, MO)
Novid Parsi’s plays have been produced or developed by Golden Thread Productions (San Francisco), The New Group (New York), Paines Plough (London), Playwrights Foundation (San Francisco), Queens Theatre (New York),… Read More
Novid Parsi’s plays have been produced or developed by Golden Thread Productions (San Francisco), The New Group (New York), Paines Plough (London), Playwrights Foundation (San Francisco), Queens Theatre (New York), and Silk Road Rising (Chicago), among others. His work has been recognized by the Jeff Awards (Best New Work nominee) and in multiple years by the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Novid earned degrees in English and American literature from Swarthmore College and Duke University. He lives in St. Louis with his husband.
Location
Festival Rehearsal Hall - 3333 Washington
3333 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA