by Justin Halle
Showtimes
Friday, May 12 @ 2:30 pm and 8 pm
Saturday, May 13 @ 2:30 pm
A group of friends who call themselves 'queer family' is on the verge of spiritual breakdown or breakthrough, depending on who you ask. A dead-of-winter trip to Fire Island is threatened by an Old Testament-style flood. And Gnocchi the Cat is being Bat Mitzvah’d, God willing. Vile Isle is a passionate and provocative dark comedy about the ways we fail and forgive one another, and what faith is worth when our limits are existentially tested.
About the Playwright
Justin Halle is a playwright obsessed with the intersections of humor and cruelty, irreverence and empathy. Their/His work has been seen at Red Bull Theater, La MaMa, and London's Jermyn Street Theatre. Justin’s play Cowgirl was a finalist for the Columbia @ Roundabout Prize, and their/his play Macht Frei was featured in Samuel French’s OOB Festival. He’s/They’ve been published in Best of Red Bull Theater’s Short New Plays and WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters. In their/his free time, Justin enjoys throwing extravagant little fits on the internet and deleting them shortly after. justinhalle.com.
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.