Golden Record Club

by Lisa Sanaye Dring

Golden Record Club is about a group of kama'āina (non-indigenous Hawaiian) teenagers trying to make history so they can get into college. Set in the very near future, there's a new Golden Record that's intended to record the best of humanity. Unlike the '77 version that was blast into space, this record will include submissions from the public and be buried underground as communication to whatever life comes...

Golden Record Club is about a group of kama'āina (non-indigenous Hawaiian) teenagers trying to make history so they can get into college. Set in the very near future, there's a new Golden Record that's intended to record the best of humanity. Unlike the '77 version that was blast into space, this record will include submissions from the public and be buried underground as communication to whatever life comes after humanity. In other words, it's a tombstone. These high schoolers create a submission, and in doing so must face what it is to be young amidst the potential end of our civilization: to blossom inside the withering of humanity. Also, there's an alien!

Finalist for the 2025 O'Neill Playwrights' Conference

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Golden Record Club by Lisa Sanaye Dring
    “

    The Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Golden Record Club as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    This script is a sensitive, highly nuanced exploration of teenage Asian America in the age of climate catastrophe. And it’s funny, too! Readers leaned into the wild spirit of this script, and the humanity with which its characters have been rendered. We also loved the Alien.

    We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation.

    The Playwrights Foundation Bay Area literary council readers advanced Golden Record Club as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

    This script is a sensitive, highly nuanced exploration of teenage Asian America in the age of climate catastrophe. And it’s funny, too! Readers leaned into the wild spirit of this script, and the humanity with which its characters have been rendered. We also loved the Alien.

    We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation.

    ”
  • Shaun Leisher: Golden Record Club by Lisa Sanaye Dring
    “

    I was so moved by this play. Life is a lot for these teenage girls. They have to think about their present love lives, their futures at college and the fact the their planet is a hot mess. I haven't read a play before that looks at climate change with this much urgency. These characters are trying to pass something along for aliens that are visiting after the human race has gone extinct. This is such a great ensemble piece. Each character is crafted with such complexity and given moment to show their depth.

    I was so moved by this play. Life is a lot for these teenage girls. They have to think about their present love lives, their futures at college and the fact the their planet is a hot mess. I haven't read a play before that looks at climate change with this much urgency. These characters are trying to pass something along for aliens that are visiting after the human race has gone extinct. This is such a great ensemble piece. Each character is crafted with such complexity and given moment to show their depth.

    ”

Awards

  • Ojai Playwrights Conference
    Finalist
    2025
  • The Leah Award
    Leah Ryan Fund
    Finalist
    2025
  • Bay Area Playwrights' Festival
    Finalist
    2025
  • O'Neill Playwrights' Conference
    Finalist
    2025