Kansas City-based performance artist and playwright Mazzy Mann returns for a second run of her subversive and dynamic play, ‘1309’ at Greenwood Social Hall August 20th, 23rd, 27th, 29th and 30th. 1309 is heralded as an "uplifting story of trans joy and resiliency", by The Pitch KC and awarded a Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grant in 2024 for a second run of the play. 1309 is an autobiographical look into coming out as a transgender teenager in the 2000s. The play weaves together musical theater, impactful family drama and coming-of-age dark comedy in a dreamlike and horrifying way.
TIER #1: General Admission
Guarantees one seat and a snack of Swedish Meatballs included Cost: $55
TIER #2: VIP Silver
Guarantees one front row seat and a meal (limited to X* number of seats per night) Cost: $75
TIER #3: VIP Gold
Guarantees one front row seat (limited to X* number of seats per night), a meal, a signed print poster, and your name listed in playbill and publicly as a donor (unless otherwise notified to be left anonymously) Cost: $100
TIER #4: VIP Diamond Sponsor CAST
SPENCER RUWE AS MAZZY REUBEN OKERBERG AS BLUE LUKE "SKIPPY" HARBUR AS TONY ABIGAIL BRISBANE AS MOTHER NOA ADAMS AS TAMMY DOMINIQUE LORAE AS RADIO XY NARRARATOR
1309, A COMEDY-HORROR SURREALIST THEATER PIECE, RETURNS TO THE PUBLIC ON
AUG. 20TH, 23RD, 27TH, 29TH, 30TH 2025
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MAZZY MANN, 1309 IS A COMEDY-HORROR WITH ELEMENTS OF DOMESTIC DRAMA. THE PRODUCTION USES MAGICAL REALISM TO TELL A COMING-OF-AGE STORY BASED ON TRUE EVENTS IN THE AUTHOR’S LIFE.
At the turn of the 21st century, Mazzy, a young queer teenager in pursuit of self-acceptance, exposes a powerful web of mis-trust and lies with her family . Mazzy’s mother and stepfather Tony, have issues within their marriage, and her younger brother, Blue, is mute and uses their computer games to escape. The protagonist, against all odds, finds her way out, discovering the true meaning of family . Prepare to laugh and cry through this stunning and refreshingly current performance art. 1309 illustrates what 'coming out' can feel like: “The entrapment, the misunderstanding, a mirror into our own failures of achieving the nuclear family , and the pursuit to ‘fit in.’” – Mazzy
1309 MUSIC SCORED BY: EPIPHANY (co-composed by Drew Doran Crane & Mazzy Mann)
FEATURED MUSICIANS: DREW DORAN CRANE (piano), MAZZY MANN (MS-20 synthesizer), NINA CHERRY (vibraphone), BRANDON COOPER (SFX), SPENCER REEVE (bass guitar), KAYDEE GABEL (violin), EVAN VERPLEOUGH (percussion)
CREW: AUSTIN GLASSCO- lighting, MARET MILLER- costuming, ISABELLA CORDERAS- prop management/ set dressing, JAC DANGER- set build/ stage manager, EVAN MADDOX- creative director
CONTENT WARNING:THIS PRODUCTION HAS MOMENTS OF IMPLIED VIOLENCE, PHYSICAL ABUSE (TOUCHING/GRABBING), AND VERBAL ABUSE, INCLUDING GAY/ TRANS SLURS. THERE ARE STROBING LIGHTING EFFECTS THAT MAY IMPAIR THOSE WHO ARE LIGHT-SENSITIVE. GREENWOOD HAS A FLIGHT OF STAIRS LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE.