THE MOTH MAN CRIES
BY MARSHALL LOGAN GIBBS
"The Moth Man Cries" blends historical drama with supernatural folk horror. It’s October 1967, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. For Dellie Harper, life is a quiet exercise in obedience to her pious, domineering mother. But the quiet is shattered when a late-night drive with her cousin ends with a crash and a terrifying vision in their headlights: a colossal, winged creature with burning red eyes.
As the sensational story of “The Moth Man" ignites their family, Dellie finds her world collapsing inward. The creature in the woods becomes a test of faith that threatens Dellie's fragile, forbidden love for her devout neighbor Bonnie. Caught between a creature that cries and a God that condemns, Dellie must race to decipher the meaning of the Moth Man, before blood runs the river red.
THE PLAYWRIGHT
Marshall Logan Gibbs (they/them) is a Baltimore-based playwright whose published plays include MONSTER (or #METOO, BRUTE) with 1319 Press and NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY with Next Stage Press. Their work has also been published in the 2026 BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES by Smith & Kraus. Their one-act plays INTERPLANETARY PAUL'S DIVORCE SPECTACULAR, GOD HATES ME, MY DAUGHTER'S A DEMON, and ABSTRACTED have been performed in theaters all across the United States and internationally. Their work has been selected for development at the Valdez Theatre Conference, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Baltimore Playwrights Festival, The Table Read Co. and Special Interest Theatre, among others. They were a finalist and alternate for the 2026 Great Plains Theatre Conference and were the runner up for the 2025 Las Vegas Little Theatre New Works Competition.
As an arts educator, Marshall has worked for Everyman Theatre (Education and Engagement Program Manager) and Chesapeake Arts Center (Education Coordinator). They have presented seminars on playwriting at SETC Southeastern Theatre Conference, Carver Center for the Arts, and the Maryland Thespians Festival. They are a genderfluid, queer, and neurodivergent writer, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
CAST + CREATIVE
PLAYWRIGHT: MARSHALL LOGAN GIBBS
DIRECTOR: PETER CHARNEY
PRODUCER: KRISTEN ELIZA BROCK
CO-PRODUCER: CLARA MCKENNITT
LITERARY MANAGER/DRAMATURGY ASSISTANCE: REESE LEIF
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR: ANNIKA BURLEY
STAGE MANAGER: ADELINE GRIMMETT
ALEX PHARO
RICH HARPER
RILEY SAGE MACMOYLE
DELLIE HARPER
GAYLA MORGAN
RUTH WAYLON
LUISA BOYAGGI
DOROTHY HARPER
TIFFANY FURICCHIA
BONNIE WRIGHT
THE DETAILS
This process was a workshop that took place over the course of several days in October with a sold-out public reading on October 25th presented at The Barrow Group.
WHEN AND WHERE
REHEARSALS AT DRAMATISTS GUILD FOUNDATION
OCT 25TH READING AT THE BARROW GROUP
