In Another Kin, a starship pilot searches the universe for a being like them. In Polycule, a carbon atom wants to bond with more than the average two oxygen molecules. In Is This a Date?, a young lesbian gets help from her best friend to answer that age old question. In Message Received, that same friend awkwardly tries to establish a relationship. In Crafty, a cake decorator opines about the state of the world. In Miles to Go, a transgender male college student is surrounded by less than helpful roommates.

Misanthropic actor Reese thought they were lucky when they found a direct flight to Kalamazoo from LA to attend the Christmas day grand opening of their friend's new queer bar. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans. Cancelled, delayed, and rerouted, Reese gets caught in a transportation whirlwind just trying to make it home for the holidays. Things get worse when they meet the forever cheerful Julien, a baker from Denver trying to make it home to compete in her grandma's annual cookie competition. Twisting and turning their way through planes, trains, and automobiles, the race to make it to Kalamazoo before Christmas is on. A holiday romantic comedy that has all your favorite Hallmark tropes, Merry, Queer, and Bright is just what everyone needs to warm your heart, revel in mirth, and feel a little closer to your found family this season.

Manic Pixie, Gold Star, Pick-A-Side, and Easy A are four college roommates facing their hardest test yet. In response to men being just the WORST, they have sworn off sex for good, or at least until the local frat boys can get their act together. However, Manic Pixie is already set to go on a date, Gold Star and Pick-A-Side are still honeymooning, and Easy A is certainly no expert at keeping it in her pants. I guess you could say it’s like Lysistrata, with a lot less… swords.

Doctor Rue Voynich, a transgender woman, and her apprentice Fade travel the American Heartland dispensing herbal medications. Covertly, they perform abortions, which have been illegal since the days of the first woman president, Ivanka Trump. Fade tries to help local youth Hannah complete her abortion, using knowledge from an ancient manuscript, before her mother and the sheriff can nail them for the “attempted murder of an unborn person.”

12 Hour Playfest is a fun theatre day for all involved. At 8am the playwrights arrive and are given a prompt, prop, and the number of actors in their scene and start writing. At 12p the actors and directors arrive, meet with the playwright, and run off to reserved space to rehearse. At some point in the day, they will be given one hour in the performance space to test tech. At 8p the curtain comes up and we present to our audience the plays that 12 hours ago didn’t exist.