WHAT: On the Boards ’24: a festival of new play readings by (mostly) local playwrights: Phoenix in the Holy Land by JuPong Lin and Acacia by Samuel Rahman
WHEN: Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m.
WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield
MORE DETAILS: https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/
TICKETS: https://www.tixtree.com/o/lava
CONTACT: info@thelavacenter.org or 413-376-8118
GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center is proud to present our second annual festival of new play readings by (mostly) local playwrights, “On the Boards ’24,” which continues Saturday, June 22, 7 p.m. with table readings by local interdisciplinary artistJuPong Lin and friend-of-LAVA Samuel Rahman.
Phoenix in the Holy Land was written by JuPong Lin, directed by Ash Goverman and performed by Maya Lieberman, Chelvanaya Gabriel, Trouble Mandeson, Kimberly Salditt-Poulin, Carol Wrobleski, Jerry Marcanio, Christine Mirabal and Elizabeth LaPrade.
Acacia was written by Samuel Rahman, directed by Ash Goverman and performed by Nisse Greenberg, Jayse Matrishon, Gyuri Kepes, Kevin McVeigh, Andra Daunhauer and Zachary Poulin.
Admission is on a sliding scale of $5–15 ($1–2 for Card to Culture participants). Advance tickets are now available at https://www.tixtree.com/o/lava.
The schedule for the rest of the festival:
Friday–Saturday, July 12–13, 7 p.m. — staged readings:
The Moon Over Us, written by Beth Filson and directed by Penney Hulten
Cancer Mom, written by Steve Poulin and directed by Tracy Grammer
Friday–Saturday, July 19–20, 7 p.m. — staged readings:
Man and his Shadow, written and directed by Silvia
Modern Times, written and directed by P.H. Crosby
American Stink Bug, written by Jean Minuchin and directed by Bri Boehm
Friday–Saturday, July 26–27, 7 p.m. — staged reading:
Inheritance, written and directed by Nina Gross
July plays will also be viewable online for one month each, with closed captioning.
On the Boards ’24 is made possible by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the local cultural councils of Amherst, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Leyden, Northfield and Shelburne.
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