DIASPORA explores the world of Sunny, a writer on the edge of success, whose life is shaken when she discovers where she came from. Janae, her niece, is a Black Studies major with a specific set of world views that Sunny does not fit into. Created identity and biological fact all come into question in their journey to find truth, acceptance, and selective honesty.

PHAEDRA SCOTT is a Boston based writer, dramaturg and director. An all-around Renaissance woman, Phaedra has been a part of the artistic departments of Cleveland Play House, Huntington Theatre Company, and Company One Theatre. Recent dramaturgy credits include Homecoming and Jass (New Harmony Project), OLE WHITE SUGAH DADDY (The Boston Project), How Soft The Lining? (Bad Habit Productions), and Can You Forgive Her? (Huntington Theatre Company). Directing credits Include: She: A Choreoplay (HERE Performing Arts), Weightless (TC2), I Don’t Know (Company One), and Every 28 Hours (Company One/MFA). Phaedra is a contributor for WBUR’s The ARTery. She is also the recipient of the Bly Creative Capacity Grant, the Early Career Dramaturgs Grant, the Comegys Bight Fellowship and the Frederick Douglass Fellowship for her work on August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. She also crochets, is a journalist, and enjoys obscure history.

Joey and Grace are cousins and longtime Fenway Park employees who believe their daily superstitious rituals influence the fate of the Boston Red Sox. When Heather, a wealthy college student haunted by a recent trauma, gets a job as a fan photographer, Joey and Grace recognize her as a powerful influencer in their connection to the team, and decide for the first time to expand their closely-guarded circle. Featuring passages drawn from interviews with real members of Red Sox Nation, Hot Dog Christmas is an examination of responsibility, privilege, and a tumultuous era in America, all through the lens of what it means to root for your hometown team.

ETHAN WARREN’s first play, Why Are You Nowhere?, won the Playwright’s Award for Staged Reading at the 2016 Midtown International Theatre Festival, as well as the Inkslinger Award from Southeastern Louisiana University, where in February 2017 it had its premiere production. His second full-length play, The Healing in the Air, had a developmental reading in December 2017 with New York City’s The Bechdel Group, and his shorts have been performed at festivals across the country, with one, Ode on a Donut Shop, collected in the Stage It! 10-minute play anthology. Ethan is also the writer/director of the independent feature film West of Her, released in February 2018, and a staff writer for the film journal Bright Wall Dark Room. He lives in Norwell with his wife, Caitlin, and their daughter, Nora.