2024-2025 Season:

Representation Still Matters

369 Monologue and Short Play Festival Part 3: Hell and High Water

written by A Curated Selection of Emerging Playwrights of Color

Thursday – Saturday, May 1-17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm, and Sunday May 18 @3:00 pm

Experience the third annual 369 Monologue & Short Play Festival! While the themes may evolve, the exhilarating format remains the same.

Over three weekends, we’ll present a captivating blend of six short plays and nine powerful monologues in ten unique evening performances.

This year, prepare to be moved by heartfelt, dramatic, humorous, and thought-provoking stories. Our talented actors will share their experiences navigating the complexities of floods, hurricanes, and the ever-shifting socio-political landscape.

Dear God

World Premiere Production

written by Lisa Langford

Thursday – Saturday, August 7-23, 2025. @ 7:30 pm and Sunday, August 24@ 3:00 pm

Aliens have arrived from space, and they are turning Rev. Vonnie Braxton’s world upside down. Her congregation is freaking out; her husband is distant, and her faith is challenged. When someone from her past shows up, Vonnie must choose between the way things are and her commitment to social justice. Dear God is part of the Emerging Black Playwrights New Play Series and first debuted in the development phase, as a staged reading in November 2023.

Juked

World Premiere Production

written by Mildred Inez Lewis

Thursday – Saturday, November 6-22, 2025. @7:30,  and Sunday November 23 @3:00 pm

Juked is a retelling of Sophocles’ tragedy Electra. This version is set in 1950s Asheville and the “kingdom” is a chain of drink houses (private homes offering illegal alcohol) owned by the well-off, African-American Memnon family. Juked examines the relationship between Electra, her mother, and her sister, and asks what happens after tragedy. How do we recover? Juked is part of the Emerging Black Playwrights New Play Series and first debuted in its development phase, as a staged reading in November 2023.