EST/Sloan Project presents a Reading of

PIN.

written by Sam MUEller

When nonbinary athlete Jo Wagner is kicked off their high school wrestling team for being on testosterone, their rival MJ McKinnon comes up with a plan to stage a guerrilla final match for their senior year spring. Flanked by new local radio DJs, Ray & Jay, and factually bolstered by biology teacher Tom Rodgers, the event grows in scope, joy, imagination, and also complications. In a world structurally designed around false ideas of binary gender and sex, what would it mean to not only protect trans-nonbinary kids, but to also let them thrive?

Sam Mueller [they|she] is a Chicago-born, Florida-raised, New York-based playwright. Their work primarily explores bodies, public spaces, and the search for safety and security to live as one's authentic self. Their plays include Laced (2022 Princess Grace Semifinalist, 2020 Kilroys List, 2019 O’Neill Finalist), 70.3 (2020 Hearth Theater Commission), and LYS (2021 WMU Commission). They find a deep joy in working with students; their work has been read at Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, University of Central Florida, Western Michigan University, and University of Dayton. They feel most at home in the pit of a punk concert. The plays (and Sam) are all very queer. BS: Northwestern University