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In addition to creating its own original works, Subverse Aphrodesia has served Scranton area productions in a variety of capacities. More information about a select few of those can be found via the subpage links above or below. 
 
 
 
 
past:
 
 
 
 
ongoing:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Works in Progress
 
(writing)
 
White Matter Surplus, a full-length play about liars
 
Banger's Elixr, a ten-minute play
 
Mamihlapinatapai, a ten-minute play
 
(untitled; moved to the back burner) 
* a flashback story about a commune of independent and empowered young "nuns" punished by society for trying to live outside it.

* a multi-media theatrical exploration of effects of the Palmerton Zinc Pile contamination of the surrounding environment -- not only on the landscape, but also its effects internally, on the people that inhabit this place.
 
* The Day the Clowns Cried. inspired by the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
 
 
(New plays are our priority but also under production/direction consideration are such underproduced works as:)
 
Hysterical Blindness
Phaedra
Jean Giraudoux's Ondine
Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels
The Breasts of Tiresias by Apollonaire
 
 
 
The Jason Miller Playwrights' Project 
is a collective of regional stage and screen writers conspiring under the stewardship of Scranton Public Theatre at The Olde Brick Theatre to actively challenge and encourage each other in the creation of viable new scripts.

JMPP 2012 season (subject to change)
March: Octavia by Vittorio Alfieri; staged reading of a forgotten classic
May: Maybe It's True by Tom Flannery; staged reading of a new work
September: Dyonisia '12: The second annual Jason Miller Playwrights' Project Invitational
November: The Resurrection of Campbell Colgate by Sarah Regan; multimedia staging of a new play in process
 
 
 
The cast of our May 2011 reading of Avenging Arachne featured, from left: Stephen Pauley, Tim McDermott, Katie (Bower) Lane, Roya Fahmy, Tonyehn Verkitus, and Laura McGowan.
 
 
Past Projects include:
Behind the Six by Jeff Boam
City Counseling, Please Hold by Charlie Blewitt
Dyonisia '11: The Inaugural Jason Miller Playwrights' Project Invitational
 
  
Experienced writers are welcome to submit a one-act or full-length script for review. Send inquiries about the project to nepaplaywrights@live.com.
 
 
 
 
Rehearsing Insomniac Salad.
PHOTO BY Professor Spats
 
NeoVaudeville Acts Invited to Apply: Steamtown Vaudeville is on hiatus but we are continuing to compile a roster of vaudeville-style acts in Northeast Pennsylvania who would like to perform in future cabaret events. Email info@SubverseAphrodesia.com with description of your act and to request an interview. Vendors also welcome to inquire.