FALSE STARS
Following news of their brilliant but estranged father’s stroke, Mychal reluctantly returns to their childhood home in Oxford, Mississippi. Upon arrival, they are confronted by a community grappling with scientific legacy, identity, and a few old ghosts.
Created in collaboration with the cast and artistic team, False Stars is a darkly humorous new take on the family drama—in which strained relationships, covert queer love triangles, and notebooks of mysterious origin lurk around every corner.
“packed with young talent” –The New York Times
“Five stars for False Stars! Fast-paced, heartfelt and precise, the writing, acting and direction of this piece… come together to form a riveting production.” – StageBuddy
False Stars
3 M, 2 F, 1 Gender non-conforming
Created with
Jenny Reed, director | Samantha Sheppard, movement director
Felipe Bonilla as Jorge | Rissa Carpio as Lillian
Blaze Ferrer as Mac | Juliana Forsberg-Lary as Peg
Franco Gonzalez as Victor | Ian F. Stewart as Mychal
Elizabeth Mak, lighting and projection design | Kate Marvin, sound design
Chika Shimizo, set, props, and costume design | Abraham Marlett, stage manager
Production History
Corkscrew Festival, the Paradise Factory, August 2017
Production directed by Jenny Reed
American As F—k Festival, The New Ohio, Aug. 2017
Reading directed by Jenny Reed
The Pack, Dixon Place, January 2017
Reading directed by Jenny Reed
Pictured: Felipe Bonilla*, Rissa Carpio, Jules Forsberg-Lary, Jonathan Iglesias*, Ryan Molloy, and Ashton Muñiz* at the Corkscrew Festival. Photos by Elizabeth Mak.