P o l a r i s
(a tragedy expansion pack)
by Charles Green

 Script Development ​& Presentation
Facilitated by The Interstitial
and Space Lab @ 59E59

​Directed by Erica Wray

Cast
Polaris: Kevin Gill
Dawn/Gideon: Ben Holbrook
Stage Directions: Isabelle Chirls

Creative Team
Scenic Design: Courtney Gaston
 Sound Design: Huda Al-Aithan
  Sound Engineer and Additional Sound Design: Joshua Dumas
Stage Manager: Deletris Bryant
 Line Producer / Production Manager: Isabelle Chirls

​Program Bios Here!

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January 2026

​P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) follows an astronaut, Polaris, as he searches an alien planet to find and rescue his kidnapped brother, only to discover that his brother was, in fact, not kidnapped, but left for his own tragic reasons. ​

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Charles Green is a poet and playwright. His works include P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) [National New Play Network/Kennedy Center – MFA Playwrights Workshop], In the Castle of Eternal Sunset (Brick Aux), +r0y (Shakespeare's New Contemporaries — Finalist), Genocide: A Love Story (Theater 503 New Play Contest, London — Semifinalist), The Dybbuk of Dachau (The O’Neill Center’s National Playwrights Conference — Semifinalist), American Zion (Finborough Theatre, London — Finalist), Death in Texas (USC Outstanding Drama Award), The Angel & the Icebox (Manhattan Repertory Theater), Mrs. Marlboro (Pittsburgh New Works Festival— Finalist), and A Desert Fugue (City Garage Theatre). Charles is an MFA graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theatre and Performance at Columbia University. newplayexchange.org/charles-green

P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) Development History: 
Workshop Production, Iowa New Play Festival, 2019
Workshop, NNPN/Kennedy Center MFA Workshop, 2019

THANK YOU: Matt Needleman, Daniel Gonzalez, Molly Shivers, and Ellen Green. 


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