The Plumbing Tree is a three-act play, told through the perspectives of an eccentric family plagued by dogma. Each act is narrated by Miasma, the personification of a smell. What appears to be a sitcom episode of sibling rivalry shatters into pandemonium after a sewage disaster erupts in the front lawn. In the flood of excrement, the family descends into a collective hallucination. Madness and despair gifts each member of the household with a lucidity that radically calls into question their world views. The play explores ideas of queer familial structures, polarizing political ideologies, and social contagions.

Performed at Highways Performance Space, October 2018 &
Human Resources Los Angeles, March 2019

Written and Directed By Medium Judith (Amanda Horowitz + Bully Fae Collins)

Performed By: Julia Yerger, Arne Gjelten, Elizabeth Sonenberg, Chelsea Rector
Christian Oyen, Flannery Silva, Nour Mobarak

Stage Managed by Roz Naimia
Techinal Directed by Darren Carter
Lighting Design by Luz Gaitan
Video production & documentation by Pete Ohs and Andrea Sisson
Flyer image by Flannery Silva