Sundown Collaborative Theatre presents…

Stressor (a staged reading)

a play by Claire Fountain

Saturday, March 16 @8:00 p.m. | Aura Coffee, Denton TX

A staged reading is not a full production of a theatrical piece. Instead, it is a premiere of a new work, or a work-in-progress, for a playwright to be able to hear their script read aloud and also see how a live audience reacts.

Synopsis

Stressor is an original new work by Claire Fountain. What starts as a queer rom-com takes a left turn as increasingly bizarre and unexplainable things begin happening in Sophie’s world. Unable to distinguish reality from her subconscious, she starts to wonder if she has been cursed. Stressor explores the long-term impacts of the events that shape us, whether we acknowledge that they do or not.

CAST

Sophie – Claire Fountain

Jade – Taylor Hoyt

Rowan – Justice Tamplen

Carter – Erin Malone Turner
Elise – Courtney Dobelbower

Therapist – Sofia Canola Ochoa

Stage Directions – Lindsey Hall




CREW

Director – Julia Bodiford

Playwright – Claire Fountain

Tech Director – Ryan Davila

Claire Fountain (she/they) is a playwright, actor, and intimacy director born and raised in Texas. Previous performances and staged readings of her work include UFI in Sundown’s Java Works Festival, Walk-In Lockdown at IMPRINT’s First Impressions Festival, 15 at KCACTF Region 6, and The Write-Up at The University of Oklahoma. Recent intimacy directing credits include Allen Contemporary Theatre’s Calendar Girls and Theatre Denton’s A Moon for the Misbegotten. Recent performance credits include I’m Still a Theatre Kid at The Stone Cottage and The Guinea Pig IV with Flexible Grey Theatre.