Safeword Written by Mariah MacCarthy
About This Show
Lisa & Damien have a young son together, but live separately. She’s left their child with a sitter & invited Damien over tonight without telling him why. When she tells him she wants to enact a rape fantasy together, he’s hesitant at first, but soon warms up to the idea. What begins as a kinkier Who’s on First (‘‘Stop!’’ ‘‘Really?’’ ‘‘No, not really!’’) gives way to a night of lust, trust & excavated trauma—with devastating consequences.
About the Artists
Mariah MacCarthy’s plays include Magic Trick (FringeNYC, Theatre Row), Mrs. Mayfield’s Fifth-Grade Class of ’93 20-Year Reunion (called ‘‘a lot of fun’’ by The New York Times), Baby Mama (viewed over 41,000 times online), The Foreplay Play (two NYIT Award nominations), Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story (FringeNYC Outstanding Performance Award), & The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret (called ‘‘f*cking brilliant’’ by gender-bending superstar Kate Bornstein). She is Executive Artistic Director of Caps Lock Theatre, Associate Artistic Director-at-Large of The Brick & a member of Youngblood. Awards include: Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences & Indie Theater Hall of Fame. Upcoming: Honors Students at EST.
Evan F. Caccioppoli is the founder & Artistic Director of Kid Brooklyn Productions, an independent non-profit theatre production company. Past directing credits included: WILD by Crystal Skillman (World Premiere in Chicago & New York Premiere), Unbroken by Alexandra Wood (American Premiere), Encounters: the la ronde project, I Can’t Explain It Better Than That by Sarah Shaefer, The Little Dog Laughed & The Last Five Years. Evan will be directing the world premiere of Billy Baal by J. Stephen Brantley. Evan is currently working towards an MFA in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University.