season 3: 2022

One Act Special
Season 3 Episode 1
Girl in the Washroom by Bella Poynton (she/her)
The first of our one acts in this episode, The Girl in the Washroom is an unflinching glance at oppression, and an all too fleeting glimpse at love and kindness. Set in 1961 after an unfortunate event in a New York City alleyway, Daisy and Stanley decide to spend the evening recovering in a nearby hotel. The evening quickly becomes one of confessions and realizations as the two women discover that they’re situation is much more dire than they originally suspected. The women are forced to come face to face with the great failures in their lives, their constant state of unhappiness, and the still present social class structure of the United States in the early 1960s. This episode premiered on May 31st, 2022. This piece was directed by Lyla Meadows, and features the voice talents of Jaime McMichael, Lindsay Partain, and Bob Stevens.
Butterfly Play by Avery Kester (they/he)
The second of our one acts in the episode is Avery Kester’s Butterfly Play which was written as part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary project with The Elisabeth Jones Art Center. In the piece: Lapis, a caterpillar, navigates her way through a difficult breakup and many mental health issues. She wraps herself in a cocoon and works to find out who she is and who she wants to be. A mostly one person show presented a little bit like a nature documentary. ​This episode premiered on May 31st, 2022. This piece was directed by Jaime McMichael, and features the voice talents of Avery Kester and McKenzie Brock.
They Extract! by Eppchez Yo-Si Yes (they & ey)
Season 3 Episode 2
The second episode of the 2022 season is Eppchez’ They Extract! In this physical and lyrical exploration "commodity", oil is long over and new technologies have made emotion extraction a key energy source. Vera returnes home to the company town built up around Emotus, where this energy is mined from human workers. Everything seems changed, but perhaps things were always this precarious. Her father, once a head engineer at Emotus was left a fragile, paranoid wreck in the aftermath of an unexplained accident at the company, which resulted in her mother's death. Through her clumsy investigation to piece together Pop-pop's trauma, Vera meets Woolen, one of Emotus' most productive loving mines. First meet-cute then honey mooning, falling in love with Vera casts whole new light on Woolen's work as they struggle to produce for Emotus in the wake of their growing feelings for Vera. Pop-pop rises to the occasion of his hallucinations and his truth but Vera can't get any answers until it's too late. Emotus minds the bottom line and sacrifices must be made to keep production up. This episode premiered on October 23rd, 2022, it was directed by Lyla Meadows, and features the voice talents of Jaime McMichael, Avery Kester, Bob Stevens, Lindsay Partain, and Calvin Porterfield.
​Annex by Maddox Pennington (they/he) 
Season 3 Episode 3
The third podcast episode for this year is Maddox Pennington’s Annex. A medium-sized city near you, present day. Elliot (she/they), a 30-something parent struggling to manage their mental illness, is motivated to regain custody of her trans son as he begins to show symptoms of the same health issues. Looking to speed up the process, Elliot conjures a mystical entity named Belinda Carlisle, whose influence and threatens the equilibrium of their chosen family--honorary siblings Michael and Lee, best friend Georgia and her new love interest Christopher, and of course The Kid himself. ​This episode premiered on December 8th, 2022. It was directed by Jaime McMichael, and features the voice talents of Avery Kester, Lyla Meadows, Bob Stevens, Lindsay Partain, Calvin Porterfield, and guest stars Alexandria Stevens, and Taylor Veary.
Always Plenty of Light at the Starlight All Night Diner by Darcy Parker Bruce (they/them)
Season 3 Episode 4
Since Theatre Viscera is moving to be fully podcast for the time being, we are changing our slated production for the month of December. Fans of “The Place That Made You” can still find our 2019 podcast episode of that piece. This year we will instead be reading “Always Plenty of Light at the Starlight All Night Diner” by Bruce. A super queer time travel adventure, with dinosaurs, a cross between Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, and Fried Green Tomatoes. We are very excited to showcase this piece. This episode premiered on January 27th, 2023. It was directed by Avery Kester, and features the voice talents of Jaime McMichael, Lyla Meadows, Bob Stevens, and Alexandria Stevens.