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The Benefactors, performed here by Ursula Marcum and Josh Hne. 📸Glen Ricci

Katalepsis at Submersive Productions

Reviews April 7, 2023 Amanda N. Gunther

Surreal. And yet utterly relatable. Immersive. And yet distantly isolated. Unfathomable. And yet completely imaginable. This paradox of experiences is what awaits the theatrical explorer that could— and should— be you, with Submersive Productions’ latest offering: Katalepsis. Welcome to a world set many generations in the future, where humanity has been wiped from the face of the earth by a virus, and only a precious few— four to be exact— remain, supported by mysterious benefactors,

Squidsbury at Truepenny Projects

Reviews July 20, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

Is human life too demanding? Too structured? Try squid life! It’s great. All tentacles and rage-temper-tantrums as you bust out of your human-skin-suit to show your true pink, squishy, sucker-covered colors. Sound appealing? Or at least piquing to your interests? Then Squidsbury at Truepenny Projects is for you! Making its world premiere as a full-length, staged production, this quirky play, penned by playwright Chad Short, is as endearing as it is darkly mysterious,

In The Arms Of A Squid: Interviewing The Playwright & Director of Squidsbury at Truepenny Projects

Interviews July 13, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

No, this isn’t the reprise of that one extremely weird number from The Addams Family musical when it first went up on Broadway. But it is, however, a really cool interview about a play that involves at least oen squid. Expect touching tentacles, diabolical spouses, ominous ticket takers, and more. If ever there was a grabbing tagline to get you excited about a world-premiere play, that would be it. And that’s exactly what you’ll get— especially the ‘and more’— with Truepenny Projects’ production of Chad Short’s Squidsbury.