Shrines – An Original Dark Comedy of Family, Secrets, and Cake (Phoenix, AZ

For more than a decade, one family in West Des Moines, Iowa has thrown the same birthday party for a daughter who never blows out the candles. Same stories. Same home movies. Same old wounds, carefully frosted over.

But tonight, the script finally changes.

What happens when the party can’t go on like it always has?

Come find out in Shrines, an original dark comedy about the stories we keep telling—and the ones we’re afraid to change.

Join us for an intimate, live theatre experience in Phoenix—touching, awkward, funny, and uncomfortably close to home.

Performances:

• The Irish Cultural Center – January 29–February 1 https://www.azirish.org/ronin-theatre/

• Main Street Creative Arts Center – February 6–22 https://www.mainstcenter.com/event-details/shrines-by-ashley-rose-wellman-directed-by-van-rockwell-2026-02-06-19-30

Limited run at two Phoenix venues—come to the party, stay for the fallout.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Ronin Theatre Collaborative