Cross-Eyed Bear Productions Home | Send Mail Written by Duncan Pflaster A woman, spurned in love, finds a deserted island and sets herself up as The Empress Salacia, decreeing that there shall be no love allowed in her domain, only sex. She gathers some sybaritic acolytes, and all is frolicsome mindless fun until Salacia's ex-lover Agis comes to the island in disguise, to attempt to win her back. Three staged readings happened in 2011! The Hive Theatre Collective produced a benefit reading on Monday, January 24th at 8pm, at The Midtown Theatre at HA! Comedy Club at 163 West 46th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue). Featuring the infamous NSFW promotional bookmark! More info at the link! And there was a Staged Reading Saturday February 5th at 6pm, as part of MTWorks' NewBorn Festival, and directed by Glory Kadigan, which won the Audience Favorite Award in the festival, and was given a 2nd performance on Sunday, February 6th. Oberon Theatre Ensemble had a staged reading Monday, September 26th at 7pm, part of their annual Fall Reading Series at The Lambs, 3 West 51st Street, 5th Floor in a production directed by Joan Kane. New Staged Reading, Valentine's Day 2012, part of Actor's Theatre of Grand Rapids' new script reading series The Pipeline. Semi-Finalist, About Face Theatre's 2010 XYZ Festival of New Work: "The Empress of Sex was so exciting in its boldness, scope, bravery, and hilarity. It was very interesting to experience a world that disassociates love from its 'former partner' sex and dares to fully examine what that entails for the specific characters that were created. A truly enjoyable theatrical experience." - Feedback from About Face adjudicator Main Design altered from an Aubrey Beardsley drawing. Hive logo by Justin Couchara MTWorks logo by Duncan Pflaster, from a design by Alphonse Mucha Marble background texture from www.grsites.com.