On a Quiet Night in Suburbia

In the spring of 2023, I was given the great privilege of directing an original show that I wrote as my college's second stage theatre production. On a Quiet in Suburbia follows the stories of an ordinary family (I might even venture to say extra-ordinary) living in suburbia. We see Schuyler, a caring teenager who’s navigating his understanding of himself and his parent’s expectations for him; Kimberly, a woman who’s struggling to find motivation for work that she no longer feels appreciated for; Stephany, an ambitious teenager who is eager for her future, she just doesn’t know what it is quite yet; and Hale, a man who has a lot of love in his heart but just doesn’t know how to show it. The play has four main scenes which each take place in a different room within the same house. The audience watches 15 minutes of what happens in one room and then the clock rewinds and they watch those same 15 minutes in a different room. The stage was in a promenade configuration with audience members sitting within the different spaces of the house. The production also featured the first ever LGBTQ+ representation in the theatre program's history. This production was a dream come true and I'm so thankful to all of the cast and crew who helped to make this dream a reality. It still baffles me that this random day dream I had became a real live production.