Kind words for Sheila Callaghan:

"...deliciously zany humor and surreal aesthetic... [Callaghan's] brilliant."

-The Washington Post

"[Callaghan's] a gutsy writer with a gift for creating vivid images rooted in the emotional life of her characters."

- The New York Times

"Callaghan is a sensuous writer, interested in texture, sound, shape."

- Village Voice

"Crafty, eccentric, spikily poetic..."

- The Washington Post

"[Sheila Callaghan's] flair for writing modern poetic prose cannot be topped. It is the most striking language I have heard on a stage in a long while."

-theatermaven.com

"Callaghan has a keen sense of language as an act of aggression... compelling."

-LA Times

"Mind-blowing images and soul-crushing language flowing wildly."

-Backstage

"Fleet, funny and smart."

-Center Stage Chicago

The Transit Plays

and Others

by Sheila Callaghan

FEATURING:

• THE TRANSIT PLAYS
  (Plane, Boat, Car, Bicycle, Train)
  Five very short absurd plays
  Minimal set
  2 M, 2-3 F
  Each play revolves around one form of transportation; ferry, train, bicycle, plane, and car. Strangers attempt to form connections with one another, attaining varying degrees of success.
  * With theatrical staging, elevated and challenging language, and non-realistic elements.

• HE ATE THE SUN
  Minimal set
  2 M, 1F
  A series of quick vignettes navigating the experience of one cowardly man losing his attractive yet shallow wife to a young, hot internet tycoon. Look out, he's got a gun.

• AMERICAN JACK
  Minimal Set
  1M, 1F
  A fragmented and theatrical portrait of a Greek survivor of Nazi occupation, who subsequently builds a life for himself in America in the 70's brick by brick.

• SOAK
  Minimal Set
  1M, 2F
  Heidi and David come to this space everyday.  Something tragic happened here, but all that remains is the ghost of a German chanteuse, an accordion player, an iPod, and a shrine to Bjork.  And everyone is drunk.