How Should A Conversation Be?
by Rude Mechs

Aug. 01 - Aug. 10
Wednesdays-Sundays

Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?

starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet

Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10, 2025.

How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.

Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt,  Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales. 

Poster by Julia Lopez Mobilia

 

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How Should A Conversation Be?
by Malena Pennycook
Rude Mechs

Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30 pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20 - tickets available via Rude Mechs HERE