New Play by Rice University's Theater Company Highlights Under-Represented Characters

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Rice University's oldest student-run theater company, The Rice Players, will premiere a new play that includes non-binary and under-represented character leads. The play has caught attention for its inclusivity and representation of marginalized groups.

Imagine minding your own business, working your minimum wage job at a local coffee place, when you notice an odd substance in the public bathroom. It doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before, it’s growing, and it appears to have an appetite., which Rice University’s oldest student-run theater company, The Rice Players, will premiere this weekend.

Alayne Ziglin, who says they have been doing theater for as long as they can remember, is now a junior at Rice and serves as both a coordinator for the Rice Players and the play’s producer. According to Ziglin, Walker’s play caught the company’s attention as a new work and for its inclusion of non-binary and under-represented character leads. “We really liked it,” says Ziglin, who uses they/them pronouns. “There is a very large queer community at Rice, and we’re also very excited about having Black actors on stage and having roles that are specifically for these marginalized group

 

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