PRODUCTION HISTORY
Dugway Theater formed in Oakland, CA as a partnership between playwright/performer Lily Mathews and director/musician/performer Adam Kotin. Since then, the amorphous collective has worked with actors, dancers, musicians, and performers of all stripes to create primarily new work. While we’ve never had a permanent space, we now call the area around Providence, RI home.
MORALITY PLAY
Script & Lyrics by Lily Mathews
Music & Direction by Adam Kotin
A woman is practicing a new identity. It's going fine, mostly—until the childhood rhymes buried in her head start flipping the script. Set to original music and film, the show pulls from the worlds of self-help gurus, motherhood, and Saturday-morning cartoons.
Starring Lily Mathews with Anna Slate and Kelly Robertson.
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July 2025
50 Sims
Providence, RI
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October 2025
Wilbury Theatre Group
Providence, RI
SOFT BELLY
By Lily Mathews
Music & Direction by Adam Kotin
A professor meets her audience to deliver a lesson. Or maybe a warning. A lecture that lives in the underbrush—where a robin eats a worm and moss devours stone. Starring Kate Teichman with Aly Frank, Adam Kotin, Lily Mathews, Max Mathews, and Spencer Curry
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July 2023
Teatro Ecas
Providence, RI
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November 2023
AS220
Providence, RI
After Dark
By Lily Mathews
Directed by Adam Kotin
with original music by Matt Requintina
In a dusty valley that time forgot, everybody's business is on the air. When a soothing voice from outer space finds the frequency, nothing stays private again. Featuring Adam Kotin, Casey Seymour Kim, Kate Teichman, Lily Mathews, Matt Requintina, Max Mathews, and Spencer Curry
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July 2022
The Steel Yard
Providence, RI
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August 2022
AS220
Providence, RI
BOOBY TRAP!
By Lily Mathews
Directed by Adam Kotin
Two unruly sisters are stuck—between then and now, forward and back. A newfangled game and some detective instincts might shine a light on what's next. This spooky sleepover pulls back the page on family lore, the rapture of play, and what we do with loss and longing when we can't name them outright. Featuring John Bender, Kate Teichman, Lily Mathews, and Max Mathews
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July 2021
The Steel Yard
Providence, RI
FIX ME, BABY
By Lily Mathews
Directed by Adam Kotin
Somewhere in a cafe a woman with a rash stares down despair through the eyes of a stranger. Featuring Lily Mathews and Dan Berson.
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January 2020
Jeffrey Bihr Studio
Oakland, CA
YAY AMERICA!
A one-woman clown show.
Created and performed by Kaitlin Kaufman
Co-created by Elizabeth Baron
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January 2020
Jeffrey Bihr Studio
Oakland, CA
Pretty bird
By Lily Mathews
Directed by Adam Kotin
Lane's got a secret—and a star on her hands. Her blue ribbon hen, Pretty Bird, is poised for the big leagues. But fame has a way of ravaging the pecking order. Will a Dutch dandy and a daring con be enough to make it rain? Or will glittery ghosts from the past keep dragging Lane under? Featuring Lily Mathews, Shannon DeJong, and Adam Kotin
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July 2019
Waterfire Arts Center / Providence Fringe Festival
Providence, RI
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November 2019
The Sawtooth Building
Berkeley, CA
Love and information
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Adam Kotin
In this fast moving kaleidoscope, more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know. Featuring Adam Kotin, Heidi Carlsen, Jamie Sharp, Kristen Rulifson, Lily Mathews, Max Mathews, Rose Matthews, Roy Manzanares, and Sophie Becker
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October 2018
The Gravel Lot
Berkeley, CA
