Plot Points in Our Sexual Development by Miranda Rose Hall

Starring Jax Jackson and Marianne Rendon

Scenic Design by Andrew Boyce

Costume Design by Serafina Bush

Lighting Design by Jiyoun Chang

Sound Design and Composition by Brandon Wolcott

Production Stage Manager: Josh Gustafson

All photos taken by Jeremy Daniel for the LCT3 2018 production.

P R E S S:

"IMPORTANT AND INTENSELY PROVOCATIVE. Transgender people deserve to see joy onstage and others can share the feeling. We often say of good actors in a long play that they make the time hurtle by; here, lovely performances in a short one make time slow down and give the story body."

-       Jesse Green, The New York Times

 "RESONATES MOVINGLY AND ENLARGES OUR SENSE OF SHARED HUMANITY. Hall’s play isn’t long — just under 60 minutes — but the intimate conversations it’s composed of have a vast, supercharged frame. Cecily, who identifies as her birth gender, and Theo, who doesn’t, love each other but are struggling to see each other, and their attempts to navigate the maze of their own formative experiences resonate movingly against the broader context of a government that refuses to see the lived reality of roughly 1.4 million of its citizens. Plot Points turns to candid storytelling, to the vulnerable sharing of personal narrative, as perhaps our most powerful tool in finding our way toward each other. Bordelon builds the tension one recollection at a time, hinting at something strained and unspoken beneath all these shared memories and eventually shifting the actors’ focus from us to each other.” 

-       Sara Holdren, New York Magazine/Vulture

"★★★★! PROFOUND AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING. Everything about Plot Points is precise. Jackson and Rendón give fine, disciplined performances. The script, by Miranda Rose Hall, is carefully balanced and slowly unpacks its secrets. Her structure is precise, and so is her wording. Even the jokes build carefully and land precisely. Margot Bordelon’s direction sharpens this effect, as does Andrew Boyce’s spare set and Jiyoun Chang’s precise lighting.

This is a smart, well-made play that is very much of its time, a look at the brave new world of gender nonconformity, and a reminder that, really, we’re all the same. 

-       Jesse Oxfeld, New York Stage Review

"BONE-DEEP AND POWERFUL. Proof we #WontBeErased. Jackson and Rendón deliver frank, heartfelt performances under Margot Bordelon’s crisp direction.”

-       Naveen Kumar,Towleroad

“It’s difficult to talk about sex. It’s especially difficult to talk about sex in front of an audience full of strangers. However, Miranda Rose Hall does just that, creating community through empathy and finding humor and shared vulnerability in the discomfort. Plot Points in our Sexual Development, Hall’s professional debut is a must see. With expert direction by Margot Bordelon, the quick, one-hour piece is succinct, lyrical, and deeply affecting.

-       Brittany Crowell, New York Theatre Guide 

“Over the course of an emotionally-charged fifty-five minutes, Jackson and Redón are simply ravishing, dynamic, and magnetic as they play this pair whose profound connection you never once question.  These two are undoubtedly in love, which only ups the stakes for their difficult conversation.  I left the theatre shook by the truth of Cecily and Theo’s journey—inspired by the dynamics of Ms. Hall’s own relationship—and grateful for the opportunity to see a queer love story so honestly portrayed on stage with abounding focus, unsparing detail, and honorable integrity under the helm of director Margot Bordelon.” 

-       Robert Russo, Stage Left

“Plot Points in our Sexual Development is very deserving of this crisp and well-acted premiere production. Leaving the theatre, I thought that in my 40+ years of obsessive theatre-going I've never seen a play on this subject. So thank you to Miranda Rose Hall for a rewarding new experience.”

-       Michael Dale, Broadway World

“In a graceful nod to the process, director Margot Bordelon stages the inner quest of the two characters as arising out of solitude, and then flowing into a reflective duet. Gradually, the characters come closer, at times uncomfortably close with one another, and as their attraction and passion escalates into a fundamental understanding, their journey is clear.” 

-       The Riverdale Press 

“Director Margot Bordelon provides that explorative space, her honest, bare-bones direction a guiding hand for the thrilling performances given by Jackson and Rendon. As actors, they’ve cultivated an on-stage chemistry that travels beyond a believable romantic connection; they’ve succeeded in portraying a relationship during a prolonged moment of disconnection, of crisis while either partner dives deep within themselves to salvage what they’ve made together. With no eccentric set — two chairs, really (though tastefully designed by Andrew Boyce) — or mammoth theater to hide behind, props or music to occupy their nerves, both actors stand essentially naked, and their poignant, poised performances can teach us all a thing or two about vulnerability.”

-       Michael Appler, Fordham Observer