HIDE

What happens when one man dares to speak the truth his community refuses to face? HIDE, a searing new play, confronts that question head-on.

 

Set in a small Midwestern town, HIDE follows a devout parishioner who locks his congregation inside their church to protest its treatment of undocumented members. As the standoff unfolds, he’s forced to reckon not only with his faith and moral responsibility, but with hidden truths about himself.

 

In an era when silence often feels safer than conviction, HIDE examines the personal toll of courage—and the uneasy boundary between righteousness and recklessness.

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The work marks Doornbos’s playwriting debut.

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Mr. Doornbos, a former Blue Man with Blue Man Group, and currently an actor, writer, and producer in film, theatre, and TV, wrote this searing new play, "HIDE", in response to the exploration of his Dutch Reformed religious upbringing and how it relates to present day culture and current events.

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Production History

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Shae D'lyn has served as dramaturg in the development of the script from inception to the present, and directed the original incarnation at the Wingéd Monkey's Summer Pieces, in Hudson, NY (Summer, 2025). 

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Dani Davis directed two later versions at the United Solo Festival in NYC (Fall, 2025), The Park Theater in Hudson, NY (Winter, 2026), and a performance at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY (Spring, 2026).