2026 Conference Preview: "Bill" by Roger Q. Mason
Tue, Mar 31
|Philadelphia
Join us for an exciting evening of new work as 2026 PlayPenn Conference Playwright Roger Q. Mason shares new pages from their newest work about democracy and the founding of America told through a queer perspective of love, desire, exclusion, and forgiveness.
TIME & LOCATION
Mar 31, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
ABOUT THE EVENT
One stage. One microphone. One playwright sharing pages of a new play in development.
Join us for an exciting evening of new work in as 2026 PlayPenn Conference Playwright Roger Q. Mason shares excerpts from their newest work about democracy and the founding of America told through a queer perspective of love, desire, exclusion, and forgiveness.
PlayPenn is thrilled to welcome Roger Q. Mason (they/them) back to Philadelphia to develop their newest work, Bill, after a sold-out run of three new plays known collectively as Califas Trilogy, exploring land, power and dreams in California. Roger previously workshopped their stunning Barrymore Award–winning play, The Duat, at PlayPenn, which then premiered in a production at Philadelphia Theatre Company directed by Co-Artistic Director Taibi Magar.
Bill is a powerful excavation of Constitutional history, exploring how many individuals were intentionally excluded from the founding vision of “We, the People.”
In celebration of the United…