Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of their reading series, Femfest Houston, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be Virus Edition, with three new plays by women that were inspired by the pandemic.
Plays will be streamed one at a time over the course of one month. All productions can be streamed at any time during their designated run.
Schedule of events
- Everybody's Dead by Brandy C. Carie - May 24-June 3: Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to house herself…and her sex robot. Now, she’s suffering from cabin fever and skyrocketing guilt over the people she left behind to die.
- Sitting and Talking by Lia Romeo -June 4-13: Charles and Enid are in their sixties, and have never tried online dating before, especially not over video chat. But now that they're confined to their homes, there's a first time for everything. A love story... or something like that.
- Skin Hunger Touch Starved by Amy Gijsbers Van Wijk - June 14-24: It's 2025. Everyone works remotely from a home office. Everyone has a home gym. Everyone is connected. Physical touch and intimacy are deeply restricted. Beryl, a touch specialist who works at The Agency, helps people supplant the desire for in-person touch with simulated touch. HITOUCH investigates what we gain, and what we lose, when society is left with the absence of physical intimacy, and given online connection. Who are we without touch, and who do we become?
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of their reading series, Femfest Houston, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be Virus Edition, with three new plays by women that were inspired by the pandemic.
Plays will be streamed one at a time over the course of one month. All productions can be streamed at any time during their designated run.
Schedule of events
- Everybody's Dead by Brandy C. Carie - May 24-June 3: Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to house herself…and her sex robot. Now, she’s suffering from cabin fever and skyrocketing guilt over the people she left behind to die.
- Sitting and Talking by Lia Romeo -June 4-13: Charles and Enid are in their sixties, and have never tried online dating before, especially not over video chat. But now that they're confined to their homes, there's a first time for everything. A love story... or something like that.
- Skin Hunger Touch Starved by Amy Gijsbers Van Wijk - June 14-24: It's 2025. Everyone works remotely from a home office. Everyone has a home gym. Everyone is connected. Physical touch and intimacy are deeply restricted. Beryl, a touch specialist who works at The Agency, helps people supplant the desire for in-person touch with simulated touch. HITOUCH investigates what we gain, and what we lose, when society is left with the absence of physical intimacy, and given online connection. Who are we without touch, and who do we become?
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of their reading series, Femfest Houston, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be Virus Edition, with three new plays by women that were inspired by the pandemic.
Plays will be streamed one at a time over the course of one month. All productions can be streamed at any time during their designated run.
Schedule of events
- Everybody's Dead by Brandy C. Carie - May 24-June 3: Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to house herself…and her sex robot. Now, she’s suffering from cabin fever and skyrocketing guilt over the people she left behind to die.
- Sitting and Talking by Lia Romeo -June 4-13: Charles and Enid are in their sixties, and have never tried online dating before, especially not over video chat. But now that they're confined to their homes, there's a first time for everything. A love story... or something like that.
- Skin Hunger Touch Starved by Amy Gijsbers Van Wijk - June 14-24: It's 2025. Everyone works remotely from a home office. Everyone has a home gym. Everyone is connected. Physical touch and intimacy are deeply restricted. Beryl, a touch specialist who works at The Agency, helps people supplant the desire for in-person touch with simulated touch. HITOUCH investigates what we gain, and what we lose, when society is left with the absence of physical intimacy, and given online connection. Who are we without touch, and who do we become?