by Roger Q. Mason

Produced by Outside In Theatre

Whipping between a post-capitalist water-world dystopian future and the Golden Era of 19th Century Manifest Destiny, California Story scrutinizes the past, present, and (hopefully not) future cost of grasping for privilege in America. At the heart of the tale is Pio Pico - California's last Mexican governor - who sacrifices family, identity and integrity to stake his claim in the American dream during California's journey to statehood in the 1800s. California Story was a finalist for the 2024 Ojai Playwrights Conference.

by Roger Q. Mason

Produced by Skylight Theatre Company

Set in seedy 1980 Los Angeles, Hide and Hide is a Homeric critique of the American Dream. Enter Constanza - a recent Filipina immigrant from Marcos' Philippines - and Billy - a white Texan rent boy running from a Christian sex conversion camp. Their lives collide while searching for the freedom dreamed up on movie screens, billboards, and our minds. Hide and Hide is the recipient of the LA New Play Project from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television. Additional support provided by the Vladimir And Araxia Buckhantz Foundation and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

by Roger Q. Mason

A reading produced by Outside In Theatre and Skylight Theatre Company in association with Roots & Wings Project

West of the West Coast lies the isolated St. Nicolas Island where a young indigenous woman lived for almost two decades without human contact. And then she was "rescued" in 1853 by an American sailor with a bounty. After living as an exotic at the Santa Barbara Mission for seven weeks, rich food, fleeting fame, and the excess of the West killed her. This is a dirge for her last two months alive. Juana Maria is a recipient of the 2024 Ojai Playwright Conference Fall Playwright Residency.