If The Creek Don’t Rise by Tyree Marshall

In a dystopian South, two women survive an alien apocalypse—until a man named Dick shows up. Secrets—and monsters—rise.

Set in a dystopian future South where women are confined to homemaking and men dominate as God-fearing leaders, IF THE CREEK DON’T RISE follows Lindsey and Susie as their quiet poker night becomes a survival mission during a sudden alien apocalypse. Alone in a collapsed world, the women are forced to unlearn obedience, rebuild from the ruins—and confront new dangers when a mysterious man named “Dick” emerges. What secrets lie beneath the surface? And who gets to decide what humanity becomes in a world reborn?

This haunting, genre-bending tale blends Afrofuturism, sci-fi, and dark comedy to examine gender, power, and the liberation of identity in the face of apocalypse.

Dramaturgy by Katherine Vondy and Stage Management by Athena Saxon.