Circle City New Play Fest: Spineless

Written by Elise Lockwood

It’s called The Wasting – the mass extinction of sea stars sweeping up the Pacific coast has hit Washington. Casey decides to join the group of citizen scientists helping to gather data about the disease. It’s not about the fact that their ex-girlfriend is in charge of the study. Or even about avoiding their mother who’s suddenly back in town. It’s not even about how, day to day, hour to hour, Casey struggles to figure out who they are. Well, it might be a little about that. But mostly it’s about saving the sea stars. Right?

Elise Lockwood is currently finishing her master’s in Emerging Media Design and Development at Ball State University. She is a partner with The Geeky Press and the host of Scripted, a monthly reading series featuring new works by local playwrights. Elise’s short play Snatch and Release was published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2016. She was the recipient of the Chad Kostel Memorial Writing Award and the Barbara Petty Theatre Award from DePauw University.

Part of Circle City New Play Fest. 3 days. 4 new plays. Staged readings. Playwrights from across the country. Indy actors. Indy audiences.

The Circle City New Play Fest is produced by Bo Frazier and KT Peterson in association with The Geeky Press and Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis.