Honey Bee Baby
by Erlina Ortiz
January 4–26, 2025
Melisa is a kind-hearted follower of rules. She desperately wants a child, if only she could pass the government mandated test that will allow her to do it. Young Clarisa knows nothing except the perfectly curated life her parents have carved out for her in their fortified underground mansion. She too has a test to pass, if only she could focus, follow, listen; the way Mother wants her to. In Erlina Ortiz’s magical Honey Bee Baby, the bees are gone, the resources are scarce, and everyone must earn their place in a world where the lines between right and wrong are blurred with blood.
Jalice Ortiz-Corral (Variations on The End 2023; Variations on Courage 2024) directs.
How the Fuck Am I Pregnant? Or A Trans Virgin Mary's Tale
by Tess Huth
January 14, 2025
a staged reading
It's been said that every pregnancy is a miracle. This is triply true for Vanessa, a trans woman who wakes up one cold December morning inexplicably in her third trimester. As Christmas approaches, Vanessa, aided by her friends and beloved character actor Danny DeVito, must grapple with what it means to birth a miracle baby unto this world like a certain virgin two millennia before.
Marjorie is Dead
by Priyanka Shetty
January 21, 2025
a staged reading
Last read by RLP in 2022, this is a new revision to Priyanka Shetty's side-splitting drawing room farce Marjorie is Dead.
The once-opulent Tilbury estate is in grave peril. The doctor,
the Colonel, the solicitor, and a roguish ne’er-do-well run circles around each other as the family comes to grips with a deadly “coroners’ virus” which has claimed the life of young Marjorie.
Variations on Night
by local playwrights
Summer 2025 (dates TBD)
The winning theme of 2024's audience vote was Night! Join us for a select group of world premiere ten-minute plays by local authors, and vote to pick the theme for Variations 2026.
For information on participating in the process, visit this page.