Emily is finally ready to come out as a transgender woman. However, she worries that she will be ostracized by relatives and face workplace discrimination. She soon experiences the strain of being openly trans in friendships and relationships, while staying closeted in her profession and to family.
Spit It Out is the new play written by Alice Stephens (Creative Writing PhD candidate, University of Essex) and directed by Noah Alfred Pantano (Standing On A Nail). The play stars trans actress Audrey Thompson as Emily. Joe Eason (Two Come Home), Robyn Faye (Les Enfants Terribles) and Isobel Sheards (The S is Silent) accompany Thompson to play a cascade of characters that complicate Emily's coming out.
Spit It Out was written as part of Stephens's M.A. Creative Writing dissertation at the University of Essex. Following a sold-out premiere in Colchester and a work-in-progress performance at a London festival, Pantano & Co. are excited to finally fully mount this hilarious and heartbreaking new queer work.
Audiences Rave In Colchester For Spit It Out:
"Bloody brilliant!"
"Brutally funny."
"High energy and outstanding performances from the ensemble"
"A brilliant blend of humor and pathos"
"This is a phenomenally great play which absolutely deserves, no, MUST, be seen by a bigger, wider audience."
Age Guidance: 15+
REVIEWS FOR PANTANO & CO'S LAST PRODUCTION - STANDING ON A NAIL: A QUEER HORROR STORY
British Theatre
4 Stars
"Very Cleverly Done... It Haunted Me"
Lost in Theatreland
3 Stars
"Pantano's heart, empathy, & understanding for these damaged souls is unimpeachable."
Cast & Creative Team:
Cast
Emily: AUDREY THOMPSON
Sarah/Ensemble: ROBYN FAYE
Kyle/Aunt Jean/Ensemble: JOE EASON
Boss/Ensemble: ISOBEL SHEARD
Creatives
Director: NOAH ALFRED PANTANO
Writer: ALICE STEPHENS
About the Artist:
Alice Stephens is a writer from Essex. She has two published short stories and has performed her poetry in local venues. Previously, She co-founded the literary journal, Projector, where she was fiction editor for its first two print and online issues. Alice studies for a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University Of Essex, where she researches how to represent trans voices in climate fiction. Spit It Out is her debut play.
Noah Alfred Pantano is a writer, director, producer, and founder of Pantano & Co. He currently is studying for his Ph.D. in Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. His last play, Standing On A Nail: A Queer Horror Story, premiered to a sold-out crowd at the Lakeside Theatre and was the best selling play of Colchester Fringe.
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Strong Language, Sexual Content, References to Self-Harm & Rape, and Transphobia