2026 Plays in Progress

by Vanessa Miller | Directed by Aidyn Stevens

In this dark comedy, when the patriarch of a dysfunctional family dies, three generations of women confront their secrets and clashing values all while navigating the rituals of death. But sometimes burying your feelings is harder than burying the man himself.

Content information: Grief, discussions of death and dying, dealing with your mother/daughter, funerals.

Playwright

Vanessa Miller is a Teacher, Director, Actress, Filmmaker, Writer and Script Doctor. She was a founding member of Wooden O and the Managing Director for its first thirteen years. Vanessa has directed productions for many companies including Village Theater, Seattle Shakespeare, ArtsWest, Seattle Opera, and Cornish College for the Arts. As an actor, she appeared on different stages including Seattle Rep, Intiman, and Village. Vanessa earned her BA from UCLA and studied at LAMDA.

Director

Aidyn Stevens is a multi-hyphenate artist passionate about creating community through embodied storytelling for all. Aidyn began directing with Shattered Glass Theatre’s Incubator Mentor Program and discovered her passion for developing new plays. Her other new works projects have included Bugged by Miriam BC Tobin and Age of Sail by James Lyle with Edmonds Driftwood Players, Carmilla by Mariah Lee Squires and S.W. Jones, the trail to dry creek by Tess Berger with Copious Love Productions, and the 14/48 Festival.

by Lisa A. Price | directed by Zanne Gerrard

A brilliant and accomplished African American mycologist, Dr. Catherine Babin, is called in to help solve the suspicious death of a US Senator and leading climate champion. Racing against the clock, Dr. Babin leads her two battling graduate students to solve the climate mystery in the face of an antagonistic colleague and a political journalist with ulterior motives. A mycological murder mystery, set in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Content information: Murder, poison, climate change, political wrangling, mushrooms

Playwright

I am a scientist and physician, who minored in musical theater dance as an undergraduate. That has lent to being a trained observer with a lyrical lens. I write to foster my life, and to affect others so that they may foster their own in a positive way.

My overall goal as a writer is focused on the deconstruction of calamities as well as joy, through examination of the paths which lead to them. In this way, the stories can be used as tools, as we discover ways of interjecting means to enhance joy, or interrupting dysfunction before calamities happen.

Director

Zanne Gerrard (she/her) returns to the Shattered Glass Project having directed the reading of 'In Between Places' by Caro Wilcox in April 2025. Zanne has directed productions and staged readings for GreenStage, SIS Productions, Edmonds Driftwood Players, the Mae West Fest, and Erinys Productions. She received a B.A. with honors in Theatre from Wesleyan University and an Executive MPA from the UW Evans School. She is honored to help develop Dr. Price’s 'Anatomy of Flight.'