OSP's Current Show

The Effect

Dates: September 19th – October 12th (2025)
By: Lucy Prebble

Description: Tristan and Connie each agree to volunteer in a clinical drug trial, where they start to fall in love. What they are not sure of is whether their newfound passion is instinctive or a byproduct of dopamine. Thus, the two throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved.

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November 11th – December 7th
(2025)

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