Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
willow wildrenesshour and Maya Martinez present The Play from *Theatrics* with: Sophie Appel, Aasir Cherot, Tierney Finster, Kari Destiny-Spears and Chloe Watlington ~ In *Theatrics*, the debut full length collection of writing by Maya Martinez, many stories take place. A pig and a lamb contend with dreams and mortality. A party girl confronts rapture in a parking lot. A man accused of vehicular manslaughter pleads to understand humility. A housewife suffers ego death and becomes a motivational speaker. Aggregating influences like Molly Shannon, Cookie Mueller and Ryan Trecartin, Maya Martinez’s collection builds moments from language heard in restaurants, conversations with friends, and the rhetorical talk of pyramid schemes. Her memorable characters grapple with the reality of the mundane, revealing themselves as their own flaws, passions and shortcomings unravel, all while making the audience laugh.