Project:
The Pasture
Workshops: 2023-2027. Premieres 2027.
The Pasture is a queer senior sex farce about affordable housing. This fast-paced, over-the-top comedy invites us to experience a future where our elders have safe, healthy, and FABULOUS housing.
Engagement
Since 2023 we’ve hosted multiple workshops and done dozens of interviews. We’ve also written many drafts of scenes that will never see the light of day. Workshops have included:
Home is a Story
LGBT Center Los Angeles. A dozen seniors shared their housing and roommate stories. They performed these stories for an intimate salon. This project was supported by the LA Dept of Cultural Affairs. sparks made coffee cake. Spring 2026
The Pasture: A Character Workshop
Mixed Blood, with support from Springboard for the Arts, hosted a free community workshop for local affordable housing developers to offer insights and feedback into the characters of The Pasture. Winter 2026
Golden Girls Watch Party
We watched episodes of the Golden Girls and shared roommate stories. sparks made cheesecake.
Triangle Square Senior Housing, Fall 2024
Agnes Getty Senior Housing, Fall 2024
Claire Housing. Fall 2024
Yes, In God’s Backyard (YIGBY): A Future Forum
70+ faith leaders gathered to build relationships and discuss the future of the church. The regional planning commission share data about the future demographics of the Lehigh Valley. Faith leaders shared stories and challenges to putting their faith into action and addressing local housing challenges. In collaboration with Touchstone Theater and the Lehigh Conference of Churches. May 2024
Chit-Chat and Cheesecake: A housing teach-in
An intergenerational group that included Elizabeth Glidden, Deputy Executive Director of the Minnesota Housing Partnership, and Sherrie Pugh, Chair of the Governor’s Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota, joined us for a teach-in at Mixed Blood Theatre. The focus was on about housing for older adults. April 2023
Story Circles and Interviews: Dozens!
Los Angeles, Bethlehem, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Arlington, Allentown, Virtually, IRL, the Astral Plane.
The Pasture: A Character Workshop
Flourish Placemaking Collective held an evening of stories from faith leaders about the challenges of affordable housing development. We workshopped the characters of the play with these participants. Winter 2026
Staged Reading of The Pasture
At this point the plot was: an eclectic group of seniors squatting in an abandoned church fend off a nosy neighbor and the authorities to protect their home. Yes, there was cheesecake. The reading was at the LA LGBT Senior Center. February 2025
Pathways to Housing
In partnership with Fernando, a Housing Navigator, at the LGBT Senior Center, we co-created a more interactive curriculum to teach seniors about their housing options in Los Angeles. This project was supported by the LA Dept of Cultural Affairs. Fall 2024-Winter 2025
Story Soiree: The Future We Draw
We hosted 16 delightful queers for an afternoon story soiree and daydreaming about our senior housing fantasies. It was a beautiful world with zen gardens, adult tricycle pathways, and bedrooms that adapt to your care needs. We’re ready to build this and move in if anyone wants to partner with us!
Prompt: Draw the campus map for your fantasy senior living situation.
GAME
Claire Housing Story Circle with their Resident Advisors
Bingo with Queerspace
Breakfast with Primetimers