returned, IRIDESCENT
A PLAY READING
WRITTEN BY ROSE FARRELL
DIRECTED BY JACK MCMANUS
promotional artwork created by AMIR-GABRIEL GAD.
drama, romance, memory, LGBTQIA+
Originally presented as a 15 minute piece as part TBD’s first CLIPPINGS New Play Festival in April 2025. Theatre by Development has workshopped and developed this script further towards a full one act piece.
The sun and the moon are destined to meet again and again, every dusk, every dawn. Elio and Luna are destined to meet again and again, across a lifetime. returned, iridescent is a story about trans love, the act of becoming, and what it means to return.
CONTENT WARNING:
Strong depictions of adult themes, strong language, drug and alcohol use and abuse.
DECEMBER 14-16, 2025
The Proscenium at The Drake
302 S Hicks St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
featuring
Gideon Caro McDonald as ELIO
Olive Gallagher as LUNA
with Jeff Joseph Katz reading STAGE DIRECTIONS

