One Party Consent By Omer Abbas Salem

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• Friday, Sep 12, 2025  7pm - 8:30pm

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Throughout the 2205-26 season, five of America’s most dynamic playwrights collaborate with five leading Indianapolis theatre companies to bring brand new plays to life. Each development week culminates in public, concert-style readings that invite audiences to engage directly with the playwrights and their evolving work.

One Party Consent
By Omer Abbas Salem
September 12, 2025, 7pm
Athenaeum Auditorium, 401 E. Michigan St.
Artistic Partner: American Lives Theatre

ABOUT THE PLAY: Trust is tricky. One Party Consent follows Fola, a non-binary MFA directing student of color, who secretly records a volatile meeting with their white dean—only to face unexpected consequences. The story explores equitable representation in academia, power, privacy, and allyship through a sharply contemporary queer lens.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Omer Abbas Salem is a Chicago-based actor and playwright whose work has been developed or produced by Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, Jackalope, About Face, and more. His play Mosque4Mosque premiered at About Face in 2022, and Happy Days are Here (Again) was named one of Chicago Tribune’s Top 10 Plays of 2024. He’s the recipient of the 3Arts Award, the Cunningham Commission, and First Floor Theatre’s Blueprint Commission. Current commissions include new works for Steppenwolf, Audible Theater, and Goodman Theatre’s New Stages. He is represented by Gray Talent and is an ensemble member with Steep, Jackalope, and First Floor.

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