The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents Meladi Thive and Her Words of Comfort by Preston Choi ‘23 Directed by Cambria Herrera MFA1 Director as part of the 2021 Wagner New Play Festival

Owen's going nowhere fast with a nagging supervisor, "soul searching" brother, and only one real friend in Baroness, his cat. That is until a birthday gift of self-help cassette tapes transforms Owen's life in extraordinary ways. MELADI THIVE AND HER WORDS OF COMFORT will teach you how to cleanse your suffering, claim your happiness, and put an end to your unfulfilling life.

This show is part of the Wagner New Play Festival, an annual festival of new works by MFA playwrights, in collaboration with MFA/PhD directors, actors, designers, stage managers, and dramaturgs. This year, for the first time, the WNPF will be presented virtually. The festival will include four audio plays, including this piece, and one animated work.

This audio play will be available to stream beginning June 10 @ 6:00am. On that date, you, the audience, are free to stream it on this webpage and on iTunes. Links to which are available here https://theatre.ucsd.edu/season/wagner-new-play-festival/meladi-thive.html
Or at https://audioboom.com/channels/5046307

Or at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uc-san-diego-theatre-and-dance-presents/id1566930944

The cast features Grayson Heyl (Meladi Thive), Noah Keeling (Eugene), Junior Nyong’o (Owen), Jordan Smith (Roy)

The creative team includes Preston Choi (Playwright), Cambria Herrera (Director), Jazz Nuñez (Assistant Director), Salvador Zamora (Sound Designer), Jared Blake Halsell (Production Stage Manager), Abby Stein (Assistant Stage Manager), Shaila Sarathy (Production Assistant), Ben Mclaren (Production Assistant)