Are people born special or does creativity evolve from our sufferings? Rhonda and Glend, the two most creatively powerful people in the world move to a mystical 1950s suburb in the desert to ruffle the feathers of their boring teenage-neighbor, Mary, to see if trauma will turn Mary into a brilliant human being. It’s getting hot, the air conditioners are breaking down and everybody wants to take a dip in Mary’s shiny, clean swimming pool. 

Works Progress Austin, SVT’s script development series, launched in 2006. WPA provides playwrights with the resources they need to bring their work to life: actors, stage managers, rehearsal time + space, cash, and the chance to share their work with an audience in the earliest stages of creation.  The Works Progress Austin Summer 2017 edition will feature Diana Lynn Small’s Cooler Bodies.