Truepenny Projects
salty
june, 2025
the voxel, Baltimore
A darkly funny queer fable set in one of the last remaining conservation zoos on the planet. As climate collapse renders the future unbearable, two male Adélie penguins defy the odds by raising an egg in their Antarctic exhibit.
"Either way, I’m going to go look at the penguins at the Maryland Zoo ... the funny little birds I suspect I’ll never see the same way again, and I’m going to try harder. If not for us, for them. For them."
"The only negative I can offer about Salty is that it only runs for two weekends ... Please don't miss this."
- Baltimore Theater Reviews
Written by AJ Clauss
Featuring:
David Brasington, Griffin DeLisle, Vicky Graham, Sydney Marks, Will Murphy, Nigel Semaj, and Caitlin Weaver
Design and Production Team:
Director: Tessara Morgan Farley
Stage Manager: NJ Sarnoff
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Dunlap
Costume Technician: Maddie Baynard
Light Designer: Eric Nightengale
Lighting Technician: Jaeden Arrington
Co-World Builder: Luke Farley
Co-World Builder: Emerson Balthis
Scenic Builder: Tyler Brust
Composer and Sound Designer: Mark Navarro
Movement Director: Nigel Semaj
Intimacy Choreographer: Shaquan Pearson
Fight Choreographer: Gerrad Alex Taylor
Assistant Stage Manager: Morgan Decker
Electrician and Run Crew: Malaak McDonald
Light Board Operator: Megan Eich
Understudies: Iffy Alachebe, Alex Reeves, and Mady Sims
Photo credit: Chris Ashworth