by Emma Schillage
Showtimes
Thursday, May 11 @ 2:30 pm
Saturday, May 13 @ 8 pm
Sunday, May 14 @ 2:30 pm
Cockroaches, is a Southern Gothic dark comedy. It tells the story of three sisters as they deal with the fallout of their mother’s most recent suicide attempt. Momma has been acting strange since returning home from the hospital, causing oldest daughter, Jenny, to come home from college, middle child Charlie, to act out, and youngest child, Sissy, to follow in her mother’s footsteps. As Momma becomes less and less human, the sisters must learn how to care for themselves and each other before it is too late. Cockroaches explores how we create monsters, deal with them, punish them, and learn from them in the wake of disaster.
About the Playwright
Emma Catherine Schillage (they/she) is an NYC-based playwright, actor, director, theatre educator, and lifelong student from New Orleans, Louisiana. Emma graduated from Loyola University New Orleans, where they received their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. There she studied Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, and Playwriting. They are currently pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Columbia University. When not writing, Emma can be found acting, reading, cooking, communing with nature, or playing Dungeons and Dragons.
About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presents an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony©, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as Leslie Ayvazian, David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Charles Mee, and Rogelio Martinez, invite you to experience these innovative new playwrights.
Organized by Leslie Ayvazian, Theatre.