wet brain

by John J. Caswell, Jr.

Directed by Kaitlin Paige longoria

October 15 - November 8

The truth is out there.

Maybe.

Inspired by true events and hopeless imaginings, WET BRAIN is a play about three distant siblings and their father’s possible repeat abductions by extraterrestrials during the height of his end-stage alcoholism. 

With recovery unlikely, organs failing, and Dad's death all but imminent, Ricky, Ron and Angelina look for a final closure many, many light years away.

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  • “A very funny, pitch-black comedy about addiction and obligation, love and abandonment, and patterns of poisonous behavior lodged so deep they seem encoded. ... John J. Caswell, Jr.’s writing is an act of resistance to the constraints of theatrical convention.” ★★★★ Critics’ Pick!

    – The New York Times

  • “An otherworldly look at generational trauma... offers a gripping, grating look at alcoholism and its effects on loved ones... genre-bending... it moves between comedy, tragedy and horror.”

    – New York Theatre Guide

  • “A compelling portrait of family dysfunction... This play will take you to unexpected places.”

    -Theatermania

  • “This is a play that’s comfortable leaving a lot of gaping wounds bleeding while still being quite funny... it all provides a way for the play to reach out beyond the patterns these characters are trapped in, and see something hopeful out there in the stars.”

    – Vulture

  • “A wild ride... completely off the rails in a very good way... Spoiler alert: Wet Brain may contain the funniest line uttered in any new play this year or last.”

    – The Wrap

John j. caswell, jr.

John J. Caswell, Jr. is a writer originally from Arizona, a recent fellow at Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, the recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award at Vineyard Theatre, and the winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award for Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons + MCC). Other recent works as playwright include Man Cave (Page 73) and Scene Partners (Vineyard Theatre).

Additional honors include the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, the Rita and Burton Goldberg Playwriting Prize, a MacDowell Fellowship, a SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency, and the 2017 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Education: Juilliard School, Hunter College, Arizona State University. Commissions: Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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