A Quick Biography

The Dawson Street Dramatic Society began in 2008 as the Zombies Aint Shit Co, a collection of Saint Joe’s alumni, hippie dead heads, painters, musicians and classical thespians to present very low-tech, brand spanking new original one act plays and radio performances in the comforts of corner bars in Philadelphia.  Founded and directed by Gregory Day, a playwright from Houston, Texas and Antonia Cruz Arias, a flamenco singer from South Philadelphia.  Together, the Dawson Dramatic Society presents fringe theatre concerning the horrors from beyond: previous works included Trickster spirits, rigor mortis enthusiasts and of course, lots and lots of home made blood spattered zombies. The Society returns this fall with an exciting new work Dead Air: The Final Broadcast of the Zombie Apocalypse for the 2010 Philly Live Arts and Fringe Festival.  Taking their cue from Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre’s 1938 production of War of the Worlds, DEAD AIR explores those desperate last words broadcast on the airwaves, as the pollution and industry overflows and spills, causing the dead to rise from their graves and feast on the living, DEAD AIR brings you all your favorite radio personalities being torn apart with original music by Stephen Rockwell and jamming of the Grateful Dead. The Society’s Mission Statement is to continue to showcase emerging new works, collaborate with musicians and artists of all shapes and sizes, and to preserve the history and the culture of the living dead.