“Elysium Hills is nothing short of paradise. But, the more Wilona snoops, the more her beloved hometown begins to morph before her very eyes. When housewives Sylvie, Janine, and Estelle begin to fight by her side, the four craft weapons out of frying pans and rolling pins, determined to get beyond the walls of Elysium Hills to tell their story. Black Mirror and The Stepford Wives collide in a neon tale of sisterhood, liberation, and becoming.”

Wren Aubrey Latham is a second-year playwriting MFA candidate, digital painter, and ukulele player (also, most recently, a candlemaker). From his spec fiction on trauma and mermaids published in Jeopardy Literary Magazine, to a staged reading at IU of his solarpunk thesis draft GROUNDLINGS, Wren’s work emphasizes the alchemical power of being seen. Language, queerness, Blackness, and becoming are through lines that have shaped his aesthetic for years. His work seeks to challenge the roles which marginalized people are expected to take on, particularly women in the genres of science fiction and horror.