Break-Up Season
Break-Up Season is a season of new works about attachment. It includes two world-premiere plays and community events examining why we stay in relationships and narratives that no longer serve us.
From a dark comedy set around a U-Haul truck, to a tense drama taking place at podcast mics, this season stages break-ups in public view and asks why we just can't let go.
The LineUp
Fundraiser BREAK-UP PROM
a chaotic queer dance party on skates
April 4 @ Angel City Derby Warehouse
Get ready for a night to remember at BREAK-UP PROM! Whether you're celebrating freedom, trying to get back with an ex, or just want to dance your heart out, this is the place to be. Join us for a toxic evening of fun, music, and chaotic vibes. Fundraiser for the This Is A Front’s Break-Up Season.
PRODUCTION KEEP yourself Safe, or U-Haul Play
by Jay Stalder
directed by Brian Eckert
starring Maya Knell, Jill Young, Santi MacLean, & Mikel Farber
May 1-3 @ MiViDa Studios
Set entirely around a U-Haul truck, this dark comedy features two queer relationships pushed to their absolute limits – one breaking up and moving out, the other moving in together for the first time. Through shocking revelations, internet trolling, and some questionable china, the play asks just how far we’ll go to not be alone.
community event Artists’ Salon
More info coming soon!
Featuring Brian Eckert (Artistic Director, This Is A Front & Director, "Keep Yourself Safe, or U-Haul Play" and "Playback"), Jessica Marie Fisher (Playwright, "Playback"), Jay Stalder (Playwright, "Keep Yourself Safe, or U-Haul Play"), and other members of the team, we'll discuss how the works overlap in theme, the process of getting each to their world premiere production, and the big questions each of us are asking in producing these plays.
production Playback
by Jessica Marie Fisher
directed by Brian Eckert
as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival
June 13-28 @ Broadwater Main Stage
Let’s open up The Ex Files, Charlie’s latest podcast where she interviews former couples about the demise of their relationships... starting with her own. But when information is revealed her ex-boyfriend doesn't want released, a struggle for power ensues. Playback is a drama about narrative control and our need to replay relationships better left in the past.
community event Book Club: Love in Exile by Shon Faye
More info coming soon!
Love in Exile by Shon Faye reframes love’s heartbreaks as a form of exile, “an intentional, punitive banishment that serves political ends.” We’ll reflect on how these essays-turned-memoir reframe personal “failing” in love as a collective one, and how it echoes across the season’s plays.