Fuse Theatre Ensemble

The OUTwright Theatre Festival and Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora got some great press today. Check out what ensemble members Ruby Welch and Ajai Tripathi had to say about their roles in the show and the importance of the whole festival!

The OUTwright Theatre Festival, the nation's longest running q***r theatre festival, is going on now This year's featured production is a play titled Freud on Co***ne

Freud on Co***ne by Howard Skora
Presented as the Feature Production of The OUTwright Theatre Festival
May 14 - June 7, 2026
Reed College Performing Arts Building
www.fusetheatreensmble.com/freud

“Austria, we have a problem. A co***ne problem!”

He may be best known as the father of modern psychology, but did you know that Sigmund Freud also had a wicked co***ne habit? And he managed to get all of his family and friends addicted to it, actually killing his best friend and research partner and threatening to destroy his whole career and family.

Fresh off a sold-out Los Angeles run that extended twice, Freud on Co***ne is a hilarious fusion of farcical comedy and postmodern storytelling that sheds new light on the true story that history would rather we forget. If a man as great as Sigmund Freud, with the brain of a genius, can become an addict, anyone can.

Join Freud on this zany trip down the rabbit hole as he battles his own inner demons. A scathing indictment of Big Pharma and the lies and corruption that are the result of when capitalism and healthcare intersect, Freud on Co***ne offers that rare gem of being both outright hilarious and sneakily educational.

Freud on Co***ne is the feature production of The OUTwright Theatre Festival which is celebrating 15 years as the longest running Q***r theatre festival in the nation. Also, part of OUTwright 2026 will be a workshop of Sugar Hole by Amy Driesler and Virginia Baeta. And, of course, no OUTwright would be complete without our much-beloved reading series. This year’s titles include: No Gods No Masters by Mikki Gillette, Shooflies by Heath Hyun Houghton, The Polyamory Play by Cosmo Reynolds, Sudden and Severe Hunger by Meg Schenk, Eyebright by Femmaeve MacQueen-Rose.

All shows will take place at Reed College’s Diver Studio Theatre (except The Sugar Hole which will be presented at The Back Door Theatre).

Content Warnings:
Simulated drug use
Misogyny
Swearing
Gaslighting
Mature audiences only

Directed by Rusty Tennant
with Associate Direction by Matt Pavik

Heath Hyun Houghton, Sigmund
Paulina Jaeger-Rosete, Martha
Drucilla O’Brien, Emma
Ruby Welch, Anna
Ajai Triapthi, Ernst, et al
Sara King, Emmaline
Michael Teufel, Merk

Juliet Mylan, Stage Manager
Ahmad Daniel Santos, Costume Design
Sophina Flores, Lighting Design
Jacquelle Davis, Intimacy
Rusty Tennant, Set and Prop Design
Max Costigan, Technical Director
Ace Lackey, House Manager
Greg Parkinson, Photographer

Fuse is proud to announce the full line-up for The OUTwright Theatre Festival 2026!