In a town ruled by a shadowy cult, outliers Wasp and Janey nurture a dwindling community of queer resistance. Faced with social isolation and medical barriers, they remain determined to make things work and defend their home. Meanwhile, the Prophet’s daughters grapple with their own sense of home. True-believer Caroline anticipates a lavish future in the cult, but Rachel pushes back at its narrow-minded structures. When birth control is banned and Wasp’s ex-boyfriend Isaac turns up with a suspiciously generous offer, all of their lives are thrown into disarray. Suddenly the clock is ticking, and the cult is closing in. Who can they trust? And who’s in on the game? An electrifying exploration of body autonomy and reproductive rights, Wasp will leave you ready to fight.

Rhiannon Collett (they/them) is a playwright, performer, and translator working on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. They are interested in interdisciplinary creation processes, sexual labour, gender performativity, and science fiction. Selected playwriting credits include Miranda & Dave Begin Again (Playwrights Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award), Wasp (Nightswimming/Rhubarb Festival), The Kissing Game (Youtheatre/Young People’s Theatre/Maison Théâtre), Tragic Queens (CABAL Theatre/Wildside Festival), and Girlfriend (Young People’s Theatre). Most recently they were awarded the Montreal English Theatre Award for Outstanding New Text for their gay revenge drama, The Kissing Game.

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“Wasp is a bold, irreverent, and unflinching play, and Wasp the kind of theatrical hero I have, without realizing, been waiting all my life to encounter.”

Jordan Tannahill, author of Is My Microphone On? and The Listeners

“Wasp dreams of the lurid shapes resistance can take in a society where the forces of conformity are monstrously armed.”

Daniel Sarah Karasik, award-winning author of Plenitude and Faithful and Other Stories

“Through unexpected allegory and visceral imagery, Rhiannon Collett conjures a nightmarish yet familiar world. Wasp doesn’t shy away from themes of bodily subjugation and validation through violence, but this sophisticated and chilling play leaves us hope in the form of resistance against the forces that would destroy us.”

Christine Quintana, author of Selfie and Espejos: Clean