Cheese, The Musical OTR Reading

This new play will be presented as a reading. Readings are an essential part of the play development process. We are proud to offer this as part of our On The Radar (OTR) New Works Program that aims to support the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S. playwrights. Click here to learn more about OTR.

Adapted from the critically acclaimed and darkly comedic play by Laurel Ollstein. 

Welcome to Tillamook, Oregon, “the land of cheese, trees, and ocean breezes.” Griffin, a cheese sculptor, struggles in his marriage to Cindy, who lives in denial over the loss of their young son. Enter Billie, Cindy’s best friend — and a knocked-up, wanna-be Hollywood actress — running from her failures. The secrets they keep and the lies that they tell fester and spoil like the rotting cheese that surrounds them. Can they find a way to move on and create a new kind of family?

2023 OTR Reading Series Sponsors

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Jennifer Ruckman & Ken Favell

Show artwork designed by Christie Mellor