MOUTHS OF BABES THEATRE
presents
SCOTOPIA 2026
Scotopia Shorts
opened with music by Justin Lacy
Ruth and Bucky Stein Theatre
Saturday · March 14 · 2026 · 7:00 PM
Scotopia Shorts is an eclectic mix of short plays, all of which touch on social, political, and existential themes, and were selected from hundreds of submissions from across the globe.
Ever Last by Rebecca Brown Adelman introduces two young women trying their hand at boxing to work through some societal stress.
High Water Line by Victoria Z. Daly follows a mother and daughter experiencing the result of melting ice caps.
Ghosts at a Narcan Training by Rebecca Kane presents a sensitive fling revisited when past lovers accidentally reunite at a Narcan training.
Terrarium by Yide Cai: A devastating confession about an experiment gone wrong unravels a dreamlike moment into a quiet apocalypse.
The Curious Case of Mercury Jones by Kenndall Wallace presents a young woman who shares complicated feelings for a crush to her notes app, serving as her confidant.
Root of the Wound by MoB Theatre, performed by Amber Briana Moore, is a collection of monologues from Cynthia Brown that have been pulled and reworked from Wilmington Reconstructed to tell Cynthia’s powerful experience with being raised in the aftermath of the massacre of 1898.
