LAKEHOUSERANCHDOTPNG is returning with another season of bold, boundary-pushing theatre. The South Florida experimental and absurdist theatre company, in residence at Main Street Players, has announced its lineup of new plays for the 2026–2027 season, promising fresh voices and inventive storytelling.
DECONSTRUCTING A HUMAN SACRIFICE
- September 11 – September 20, written by Erin Proctor, directed by Brandon Urrutia
CHOREOGRAPHING A RAPE SCENE TO GO INTO A FEMINIST PLAY
- November 13 – November 27, written by Ann Gillespie, directed by Sara Jarrell
DEAR KITTY (OR, NOT ANOTHER ANNE FRANK PLAY): A TRAVESTY
- January 22 – January 31, written by Amelia Merrill , directed by Brandon Urrutia
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAY?
- March 26 – April 4, written by Ariel Cipolla, directed by TBD
“We are thrilled to announce an all new season of new play for our fifth season! We’re so excited to be working with new playwrights and artists from here in Florida and in New York City!” — Artistic Director, Brandon Urrutia
Opening the season is a workshop of resident playwright Erin Proctor’s DECONSTRUCTING A HUMAN SACRIFICE, an absurdist look into her shocking family history and the discovery of a cult murder/suicide/sacrifice through her maternal line.
CHOREOGRAPHING A RAPE SCENE TO GO INTO A FEMINIST PLAY by Ann Gillespie is a dark comedy about bad art gone worse, hypocrisy and the juvenile sandbox that is theatre. A devised play takes on a sinister reality when onstage violence blurs into the actual and those involved question an act on the ambiguous end of assault.
In DEAR KITTY (OR, NOT ANOTHER ANNE FRANK PLAY): A TRAVESTY by Amelia Merrill, a girl sits at a desk: writing and erasing, creating and destroying. Five women simulate the life (and afterlife) of Anne Frank, but when it comes time for one to be sacrificed, they must decide who the real Anne is—or if such a determination is even possible.
In SO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAY, a biting satire by Ariel Cipolla that hits a little too close to home, five contestants from different parts of the world face off in front of a live studio audience for the chance at a grand prize: the right to stay in the United States. This dystopian tale shines a light on the dehumanizing process of immigration and the trauma those coming in endure when asked to prove their worthiness.
