WHAT: On the Boards ’25: “The Plan” and “Narrow House: Dreams to Let”
WHEN: Friday–Saturday, June 6–7, 7p.m. (doors at 6:30 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 third annual festival of new play readings by (mostly) local playwrights, “On the Boards.”
This year’s festival will include new and developmental works by ten Massachusetts-based playwrights and five LAVA friends from further afield.
Get a glimpse into the process of making theater, in this festival of readings of new works in several stages of development.
On Fridays and Saturdays in June, there will be readings of plays that will culminate in a talkback session with the playwright. We welcome our audience to be part of the playwriting process by offering helpful, targeted feedback.
The festival kicks off on Friday–Saturday, June 6–7, with “The Plan,” written by Patricia Crosby and directed by Tracy Grammer and “Narrow House: Dreams to Let,” written by Konrad Rogowski, directed by Charlene Kennedy.
“The Plan” was written by PH Crosby, is directed by Tracy Grammer and is performed by Kendra Corrie, Katie Hertel, Ashley Kramer, Priscilla Mollard and Maya Quinones. Five sisters come together after their mother’s death, ostensibly to make decisions about the family home and her belongings. But we see deeper and larger forces at work as their situations emerge.
“Narrow House: Dreams to Let” was written by Konrad Rogowski, is directed by Charlene Kennedy and is performed by Jeremy Ebersole, Joanne Graves, Justin (Ryn) Griffin, Nathan Haugh, Elizabeth LaPrade, Brandon Williams and Nicole Winot. The fragments of a 1938 radio broadcast and the unexpected arrival of a pregnant young woman throw the lives of the five tenants of Narrow House into chaos.
Plays take place at The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and start at 7 p.m. Tickets are on a sliding scale of $8–35, with a $2 option for Card to Culture participants. The plays will also be viewable online, on demand for one month. Advance tickets can be purchased at https://www.tixtree.com/o/lava.
The rest of the schedule:
Friday–Saturday, June 13–14, 7 p.m.:
“Aananda” by Sasha Aronson, directed by Cynthia Claudio
“The Greatest Nation of All Time: A Political Farce and Time Travel Tragedy” by Stephen Fruchtman, directed by Penney Hulten
Friday–Saturday, June 20–21, 7 p.m.:
“Happy Husband Hunting” by Rex McGregor, directed by Ed Fitzgerald
“Tennis Play” by Jeremy Geragotelis, directed by Ezekiel Baskin
Friday–Saturday, June 27–28, 7 p.m.:
“Jane Austen Ruptured My Spleen” by James Anthony Merolla, directed by Jill Franks
“Glaucman’s Syndrome” by Sam Rahman, directed by Glenda Cresto
Sunday, June 29, 3 p.m. — Playwrights presenting 15-minute slices of their work as table reads for targeted feedback:
“The Voice” by Eva Schegulla
“Consensuality” by Karina Lutz
“Dreamzzz” by Ezra Prior
“Muse-aterium” by Deborah Kearney
“No Sweat” by Howie Faerstein
“Travel Whore: The Backside of International Relations” by Jo-Anne Hart
More details about the festival are available at https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards.
On the Boards ’25 is made possible by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the local cultural councils of Amherst, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, 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