At Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA
upcoming public readings
Written by Tim Hayes, Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
Lauren Grace is an ambitious and hardworking physics major in a dual degree program at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite her intellectual prowess, the rigors of her academic schedule and worsening anxiety are beginning to take their toll. The Thanksgiving Day holiday becomes a flashpoint as her parents and uncle attempt to offer their guidance with disastrous results. Back in her apartment, Lauren is confronted by her housemate, Hope, who shares a recent decision which causes her mental state to decline further. Meanwhile, events at the Grace household escalate as Lauren’s parents become convinced their daughter is in grave danger.
May 5th at 7pm
Cat In A Box
May 16th at 7pm
Written by R. Vincent Park, Directed by Joshua Briggs
The Telling is a Southern Gothic ritual play set in Deadfall Run — a small American town built on a particular kind of secret everyone knows but has, by long practice, agreed not to speak aloud. When sixteen-year-old Billy Hardy accidentally shoots and kills his sister, Mary Beth, the town does what towns in Mercy County have always done: closes in around the wound and demands what a town like this always demands. Standing witness are Chronos — time made patient flesh — and Coyote, the old American trickster, who has watched this machinery grind up the innocent before. What Billy discovers, at great cost, is that the pressure bearing down on him has roots going back generations... The Telling is about what a community makes its children carry instead of the truth.
The Telling
This Performance is a part Of
