Unfashioned Creatures
or, The Modern Galatea

Created by Rose Gonzales & Hunter Lustberg | Directed by Chris Godshall

Unfashioned Creatures is a theatrical reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that zeroes in on themes of women’s bodily autonomy, queer desire, and societal othering.

This play takes influence from Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Akira Kurosawa’s Rashômon, and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.

Here, Victor Frankenstein raises his second creation as his own; his first attempt, meant to be a male companion to satiate his own burgeoning queerness, had backfired, and the would-be Eve to the Creature’s Adam has proven herself to be a “more perfect” attempt at creating life from scratch.

Told in a series of vignettes from different players, the Bride learns the tale leading up to her creation, and longs for freedom from her creator as she comes to understand her existence as both a living being and a woman.

Meet the Team

  • Rose Gonzales

    CO-CREATOR, DRAMATURG

    Rose (they/she) is a queer Filipino-American playwright and actor based in New York City. Their play Five Faces (Oil on Canvas) has been picked up by companies in New York (Fishwife Productions), Chicago (CIRCA-Pintig), and Los Angeles (The Larking House). Their play Ad Hominem is a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Playwriting Conference; the piece is set to be published in 2026 by 1319 Press.

  • Chris Godshall

    DIRECTOR, COSTUME DESIGN

    Chris (they/them) is a Virginian native now living in Brooklyn. When not making theatre, they can usually be found cooking, writing, or haunting one of any number of their favorite local coffee shops. Favorite past credits include directing Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Arachne Theater, and Tina Morgue at the New York Theater Festival.

  • Hunter Lustberg

    CO-CREATOR, LIGHTING DESIGN

    Hunter (he/they) is a Brooklyn based actor, director and lighting designer. He is a Bard College and LaGuardia High School alum, and has studied theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is the Technical Director and a founding member of Pop Up! Productions.

Previous Work

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Arachne Theater, 2023 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • Glorianne

    The Tank, 2025 | Written by Rose Gonzales, lighting design by Hunter Lustberg

  • Cuckoo

    Pop Up! Productions, 2025 | Directed by Hunter Lustberg

  • Tina Morgue

    New York Theatre Festival, 2026 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • Stern All for Your Lives

    Orange Coast College, 2019 | Written & directed by Rose Gonzales

  • Beneath the Ice of the Vistula

    The West End Theater, 2026 | Lighting design by Hunter Lustberg

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Arachne Theater, 2025 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • Sheet Ghost

    Elmwood Playhouse, 2025 | Written by Rose Gonzales

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Arachne Theater, 2023 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • The Yellow Wallpaper

    Bedlam + Wayward Son, 2025 | Lighting design by Hunter Lustberg

  • Glorianne

    The Tank, 2025 | Written by Rose Gonzales

  • Cuckoo

    Pop Up! Productions, 2025 | Directed by Hunter Lustberg

  • Tina Morgue

    New York Theatre Festival, 2026 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • Stern All for Your Lives

    Orange Coast College, 2019 | Written & directed by Rose Gonzales

  • Beneath the Ice of the Vistula

    The West End Theater, 2026 | Lighting design by Hunter Lustberg

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Arachne Theater, 2025 | Directed by Chris Godshall

  • Sheet Ghost

    Elmwood Playhouse, 2025 | Written by Rose Gonzales

  • The Yellow Wallpaper

    Bedlam + Wayward Son, 2025 | Lighting design by Hunter Lustberg