Sincerely,

Written & Directed by Mack Moseley (class of 2024)

Synopsis: “Sincerely,” is an experimental play exploring what it means to live in the world (as we perceive it to be) with sincerity. This collage-style theatre piece lives on a continuum from the sincere & real to the superficial & performed. It analyzes, empathizes with, and mocks our need to control how we are perceived. The play begins with warmth, vulnerability, & innocence and increasingly degenerates as it reveals characters with more complex relationships to their perceptions of self and reality. As it moves from the innocent and sincere to the depraved and complicated, the language and stories grow increasingly absurd. These stories, told in short scenes, involve different clown-like characters isolated in their experiences of connection & wrestling with reality. Scenes involve a murderous water aerobics enthusiast, newly therapized lesbians, self righteous allyship, and unexpected existential ponderings. Many moments throughout the play, the characters are in conversation with the audience, have an awareness of the actor playing them, sing songs, play games, and engage the audience’s senses in addition to their intellect.

The Egg

Original short story written by Andy Weir

Adapted & Directed by Alex McFadden

Synopsis: “The Egg” follows two individuals’ experience with the afterlife upon their death. Beings that the individuals meet are identified as god who explains to them how they died. The beings then go on to explain how the people will be reincarnated, losing their memories in the process. This, of course, wouldn’t be the first time, as they have been reincarnated many times according to the entities. Our protagonists question the possibility of multiple incarnations of themselves existing at the same time, and whether or not they may have interacted with themselves before. Not only is everyone they’ve ever interacted with an incarnation of themselves, but so is every human that has ever existed. Once they have experienced every human life there is to live, then they will finally be able to join the beings in the next stage of existence. The universe is simply an egg.

Sincerely, / The Egg is sponsored by the Ruth Paddison Distinguished Professorship.

For UNC Asheville’s Drama Department, the stage is our lab. Through the department’s mainstage productions, TheatreUNCA, independent productions, and professional internship opportunities, drama majors test the theories and practices they study in the classroom in theatrical presentations for the public. We embrace experimentation and collaboration to produce creative and knowledgeable theatre artists who understand their responsibilities to their community, their art, and their own personal growth.