The locusts

2 W, 2 M
90 minutes, no intermission

When Annie arrives in Seattle for the weekend, she has two objectives: watch her brother Will graduate from the MBA program at the University of Washington and hook up with that piece of man meat she’s been objectifying for the last two years. It’s mutual, or so she thinks. Without warning, Ben is proposing marriage — citing bashert and a lucrative new job. And Annie is seriously considering it. And Sam is tired of waiting. And Will is, frankly, over it.

Utilizing a rotating cast of perspectives that explore sex, love, and heartbreak within this intimate family unit, The Locusts explores the multiformity of queerness, the messiness of sibling relationships, the malleability of faith, and what it really means to hurt someone you love.

The Locusts was workshopped under the title Halcyon from 2017 to 2020.

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Development History

SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATRE (SEATTLE, WA)
WORKSHOP
DIR. KELLY KITCHENS, 2020

INPROXIMITY THEATRE COMPANY IN RESIDENCE AT THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE (NEW YORK, NY)
STAGED READING
DIR. MAUREEN MONTERUBIO, 2017

Honors & Awards

2019 RELATIVE THEATRICS’ PLAYWRIGHTS VOICED FESTIVAL FINALIST

2018 THE RELENTLESS AWARD SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

2018 EUGENE O'NEILL NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS' CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALIST