Past Productions

Anxious Attachment made its world premiere at the Bombay Beach Biennale - one of the most singular and unlikely venues in American theatre. Bombay Beach sits on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea, a former resort town now weathered into one of the most visually striking and strange locations in the American Southwest.

Douglas Clarke wrote the play in 50 hours at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group's 23rd Annual Drive-By Theatre Festival in January 2026 - with props assigned by lottery - and then brought it directly to the Biennale, where Cameron Gregg directed the premiere production.

The outdoor desert setting, string lights, and an audience that had traveled specifically to this remote location for art created an atmosphere that matched the play's themes in ways a conventional theatre couldn't have.

Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group hosts the Drive-By Theatre Festival annually - a 50-hour sprint in which playwrights write, directors cast, and companies rehearse and perform entirely original work in under two days, with props assigned by random lottery.

Both Anxious Attachment and Something Ancient were written from scratch during this festival in January 2026, performed for North Hollywood audiences, and proved strong enough to take further. The festival is where they found their shape - and where the collaboration between Douglas Clarke and Michael Silva that became Something Anxious began.