Obvious Dad

Four q***r plays. One fearless summer. Let’s go.

It’s happening! We’re thrilled to announce the full lineup for OutWord: a summer reading series of bold LGBTQ+ plays, presented with our incredible partners at ClearStory Arts and Chattanooga Q***r Empowerment Collective. All performances are free (yes, free), with free parking, at ClearStory Arts. Mark your calendars, bring your people, and support local q***r art:

📅 June 19 – SLACK WATER by Nelle Tankus
A pregnant trans mother demands a natural birth as the hospital floods, pulling her children into a darkly absurd spiral of care, survival, and collapsing family ties in this apocalyptic q***r fantasy.

📅 July 10 – ABORTION ROAD TRIP by Rachel Lynett
Three women hit the road, unpacking their pasts and the choices that shaped them in this sharp, funny, and heartfelt ride across state lines and life experience.

📅 July 31 – Howling by Jordan Elizabeth Bird
In this fairytale, an autism diagnosis catalyzes a journey through love, grief, and identity, as Birdie follows a breadcrumb trail through memory, myth, and the tangled woods of becoming.

📅 August 21 – At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen by Terry Guest
A fierce drag queen throws a no-rules funeral in this sharp, hilarious, soulful play about Blackness, southern q***rness, and the stories we leave behind.

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Remember how we ended Season One?

Our take on THE HAIRY APE was a full deconstruction of O'Neill's classic play, ObvDad style.

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