The Consciousness

Nique Content

LOCATION: Orlando, Florida

SYNOPSIS: Reece, a struggling music student, decides to 'borrow' some ideas from the archived consciousness of a dead composer, but Theodore Price is irascible, forgetful - and hiding a critical secret.

GENRE: Theatre, Drama, Original Script, Science Fiction

CONTENT RATING: FF - Fairly Fringe-y (PG-13)

ARTIST BIO: Bethany Dickens Assaf (she/her) is a freelance playwright and early career dramaturg. She is also the Literary Manager for MadLab Theatre of Columbus, a teaching artist with Central Florida Community Arts, and a founding member of both the Fragmented Play Festival of Cincinnati and the Whiskey Theatre Factory of Orlando. Her short plays have received over fifty productions across the country, including: 4: an Evening of Short Works in Orlando, Florida. Her short play “Inevitable” was chosen for the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival in 2020. Her full-length play, The Consciousness, was performed at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival and Tampa Bay Theatre Festival (Best Full-Length Play). In 2020, her full-length, Dark, Dark, Dark was workshopped at the Mid-America Theatre Conference and Playwrights’ Round Table, and her newest full length, Leviathan, was workshopped and read at Clamour Theatre Company’s 2021 Retreat. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Literary Manager and Dramaturgs of the Americas.