“Classic Americana road trip meets religious painting of the 15th century.”

This is how WSU seniors Kendall Browder and Hollen Foster-Grahler describe the aesthetic of their self-produced two-woman show, “Post Promethia.”

Browder and Foster-Grahler have been heavily involved members of STAGE Student Theater and Nuthouse Improve Comedy since their freshman year. Having conceptualized the characters during a Nuthouse show, a majority of “Post Promethia” was written while the pair studied abroad in Aberystwyth, Wales, last spring.

The duo found plenty of influence for their script — filled with religious imagery and philosophy — abroad. Browder and Foster-Grahler routinely attended Catholic mass while abroad and took great interest in the religious history of Europe.

“We actually went on a religious pilgrimage in Spain. We thought it was directions to the bus stop, but it was the Camino de Santiago” Foster-Grahler said. 

Browder described the experience as a religious quest fueled by Tesco wine.

“Whenever we were traveling, we kept seeing graffiti and stuff on the walls that would relate to what we were writing. Then we’d go back and we’d write it in,” Browder said.

Foster-Grahler said their other interests and experiences played into their writing process. Much of the show is inspired by different facets of their life.

“It’s very interdisciplinary because we pull from environmental science and politics,” she said. “Although my background’s more math and linguistics, it’s not as forefront, but I think a lot of the God character is about order and structure.”

The show is directed by the duo’s close friend and senior Aidan Talukder, who has also been heavily involved in student theater at WSU.

“I trust these people implicitly,” Talukder said. “I know that what they’re gonna put on is gonna be rad. I trust them as writers and actors.”

Talukder has an atheist background, while Foster-Grahler was raised Jewish and Browder Baptist. Browder said these different religious perspectives have helped shape their work.

“I think the most impressive thing is watching these guys write and rewrite and talk about [their] writing process for this show,” Talukder said.

Browder said “Post Promethia” is a labor of love.

“It feels like every single part of our entire WSU experience is kind of coming to a head with ‘Post Promethia,’” Browder said. “It’s pulling not just from everything that we’ve done in STAGE, all of our improv bits, all of our prior writing and everything, but all the classes we’ve taken, all the research that we did.”

“Post Promethia” will be shown 7 p.m. Oct. 18 and 19 in Wadleigh Jones Theater in Daggy Hall. Admission to the show is free. More information can be found on their Instagram and Linktree.