APPLE PIE

a play in development about the apocatastasis - heaven colliding with earth, angels arriving in the city of san rivera, little miracles happening everywhere - and a trans couple attempting to have a normal dinner party.

CAST LIST

  • LILIE ZANTEDESCHIA - she/her, trans woman. Baker and botanist. Banned from the local community garden.
  • IBIS THRESKIORNIS - he/him, trans man. Sculptor and birdwatcher. Has a desperate need to be the hottest guy at the library.
  • CHERRY - he/him. Angel and usher. Knows the name of every muscle used in smiling.
  • BLAKE CATHERINE - he and/or they, tme genderweird. Artist and anarchist. Expects their dream journal to become a posthumous bestseller.
  • EVELYN EDITH - she/her, trans woman. Poet and architect. Sings when nobody's around.

    • Something in the world is different. Everyone looks a little prettier - uncanny. LILIE stands in the kitchen, slicing apples.



    APOCATASTASIS - apotheosis / apocalypse / absolution / apology


    "Adam and Eve are suburbanites in the nude, and like other suburbanites they are are preoccupied with gardening, with their own sexual relations, and with the details of their rudimentary housekeeping. Even what many would now regard as the horrors of suburban life are only delights to Adam and Eve. They do not mind that they are constantly under inspection by angelic neighbours, or by God himself, for, says Milton, "they thought no ill." Such extraordinary trustfulness is a natural part of the state of innocence. There's an angel up in the sky. So there is: how nice; perhaps he'll stay to lunch." -Northrop Frye