Honors Thesis Productions

Fall:

Mothership

What happens when you feel stuck in a town that doesn’t seem to understand you? When you and your friends are outcasts, trapped in a place that feels suffocating, but you’re not sure where to go next? When you’re young and full of dreams but have no idea how to make them real? Set in the 2010’s suburbs of New Jersey, Mothership is a one-act play that explores that feeling of being caught in a vortex of indecision, wanting to leave, and not knowing where to go. It’s about the confusion of emerging as an adult, searching for connection, and weighing the risks of stepping into the unknown. Mothership tells the story of two young people struggling to find their place in a world that feels too small and too limited while getting ready to get out and trying to figure out where. In this play, the audience is invited to explore the space between what is and what could be. It’s a story of self-discovery and the power of possibility. 

The Senior Thesis Theater Production features a new work written and performed by Dani Brugger ’26 and Paige Merril ’26 as a senior project, and directed by Eliza Bryson ’26 in partial fulfillment for Honors in Theater.

Direction Advisor: Associate Professor of Theater Katie Pearl
Playwriting Advisor: Associate Professor of Theater Edwin Sanchez
Acting Advisors: Assistant Professor of Theater Maria-Christina Oliveras and Assistant Professor of Theater Lauren Yeoman

Performances:
Patricelli '92 Theater (213 High Street)
Wednesday, December 10, 8:00pm
Thursday, December 11, 8:00pm
Friday, December 12, 8:00pm
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Spring:

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