unhoused/homefree
Event description
unhoused/homefree is told multiverse style, in three parts. Each part begins the same. A homeless person sits on a bench in a public park reading a book, but each part will end differently as the neighbors react with ambivalence, with fear, and with love.
unhoused/homefree is a 1 hour show.
The November 12, 2025 show will be followed by a DISCUSSION PANEL featuring Orange County District 5 Commissioner Kelly Martinez Semrad; Christian Service Center Executive Director Eric Gray; Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Chief Operation Officer Brian Postlewait; and IDignity Senior Program Manager Micaela Cox.
The November 13, 2025 show will NOT be followed by a discussion panel.
Note from Writer-Producer Alan Levi on why he wrote this show:
In the beginning of this year, my downtown neighborhood, Wadeview Park, went through a trauma. The City of Orlando and Orange County planned to build a shelter for the unhoused on Kaley St. near our neighborhood. But neighbors quickly organized a campaign of fear mongering and lies, and shut down the prospects for this shelter. I was shocked and saddened by the heartlessness and wrote this play. unhoused/homefree addresses some of the issues the unhoused face, and honors the humanity in us all.
Listen to an interview with Nicole Darden Creston of All Things Considered :
The Orlando Sentinel interview:
We are also asking if you could please bring a small donation from the list below. Our host, Audubon Park Covenant Church, regularly assembles tote bags and distributes these items to region's homeless. We thank you in advance for purchasing any of these common and necessary goods and bringing them to the performance.
Dried Fruit Beef Jerky Nuts Protein Bar Socks Nail Clippers
Ziplock Bags (sandwich and snack size)
Travel Deodorant Wet Wipes Travel Toothpaste Toothbrushes Bandaids
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
