Queer Drama in Northern Minnesota
Home for the annual-ish, holiday-ish, queer, sardonic, meta plays by Ris, podcaster and author. Beginning in 2018, Ris, along with fellow podcasters, friends, comedians, actors, and many others, began writing a yearly play around the holidays. Usually focusing on queer relationships and representation, aired across her several podcasts, this is the home for them separately.
Episodes
An Audioplay
In 1994, a young student named Morgan takes over as a lighthouse keeper on Elk Island, far out in the Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota. Their partner Elsinore is supportive of their decision to leave school and take this job, but Elsinore is hopeful they can convince their introverted other half to return to Midmarais High School just one more time for the Prom. However, strange th...
What if a dead mall was literally a *dead* mall? Chris and Victoria find themselves in the mall they worked in as teenagers, stuck in the same snowed-in day in 1998 that never ends. The Evergreen Glen Mall, or as it’s known on the other side, it’s the EverMall!
Their old friends are back, as are stores they thought long gone. Mall information is vague and cryptic. Their coworkers seem content to stay there f...
The fourth annual-ish holiday-ish play by Marissa McCool
Bitter Tea, the Way the Volcano Gods of Rainier Intended: An Audioplay
SUMMARY
Eleanor and Rain, two non-binary recluses, live off the grid and gender binary in Northern Minnesota. Living with them is a younger college student named Alex. One day, Alex comes home and drops a bomb on them: they met a girl named Jenn...
DINNER WITH THE BINARIES - An Audioplay
Written and Edited by Marissa Alexa McCool
Starring:
Giovannie Espiritu - Alison
Marissa McCool - Heidi
Ari Stillman - Logan
Murphie McCool - Ollie
Don Ford Jr. - Matt
Amy Withawhy - Dawn
Tony Opelt - Sam
SUMMARY
When Heidi's favorite teacher from high school dies, she's forced to confront her past in deciding whether or not to attend the...
We're back for another year of sardonic holiday specials, produced in conjunction with Atheists Talk, Minnesota Atheists, and AM950, the Progressive Voice of Minnesota.
HAVE A VERY META CHRISTMAS
By Marissa Alexa McCool
Darlene and Thomas are overwhelmingly apathetic, about the holidays and each other. The all-powerful non-binary diety takes notice and wakes up their gu...
Originally aired in 2018.
In coordination and with permission from Hertzey Hertz, AtheistTalk, and Minnesota Atheists, this play aired on AM950, The Progressive Voice of Minnesota. This is a Ken Burns-esque historical parody of the War on Christmas persecution complex, and a non-binary trans person is the protagonist, so you know who is the star. We hope this...
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