WHAT: “Time in Tatters” by Silvia Martinez-Howard and “Inheritance” by Nina Gross double bill, part of On the Boards: a festival of new play readings by local playwrights
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, 7 p.m. (both plays both nights); also available online on-demand for 2 weeks
WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield MA
TICKETS: $5–15 sliding scale: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6016297
MORE DETAILS: https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/
CONTACT: info@thelavacenter.org or 413-376-8118
NOTE: Playwrights and producers available for interviews.
GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center’s festival of new play readings by local playwrights, “On the Boards,” continues this weekend with a double bill of “Time in Tatters” by Silvia Martinez-Howard and “Inheritance” by Nina Gross.
For the past few months, LAVA hosted a theater incubation series, in which six local playwrights workshopped and developed new plays. Now they’re ready for an audience! Get a glimpse into the process of making theater, in this festival of staged readings of new works in many stages of development.
“Time in Tatters” by Silvia Martinez-Howard
This is a story of identity, uprooting, exile, and traumas of war.
Silvia is a native of Argentina, who produced events for Amnesty International, in honor of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, and to the Minority Task Force on Aids, in New York City. Her eclectic work encompasses poetry, playwriting, ceramic sculpture, photography, textiles and jewelry. She teaches Spanish and loves cooking.
“Inheritance” by Nina Gross
Set in the late antebellum south, “Inheritance” is a story of privilege, power, and deception. In this existential coming of age, a young man groomed to take his place in genteel society grapples with his hidden past and the hypocrisy that is his inheritance.
“Inheritance” will be performed by Satya Johnson, Terrell Jones, Lily Farizon, Jennifer Bido and Kevin McVeigh.
“On the Boards” continues through June with:
“750%” by Christine Benvenuto
Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” adapted by P. H. Crosby
Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17, 7 p.m.
As We Were: Nine Days in October by Jan Maher
Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24, 7 p.m.
All plays are also viewable online for two weeks. For more information and tickets, visit https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/.
On the Boards is made possible by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the local cultural councils of Greenfield, Bernardston, Gill, Leyden, and Northfield.
The LAVA Center is a community arts space in Greenfield, MA whose mission is to create opportunities and build inclusive community in and through the arts and humanities. We are focused on making The LAVA Center a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard. The LAVA Center is located at 324 Main St., in downtown Greenfield, MA. https://thelavacenter.org