WHAT: On the Boards: Online Ticketing for New Play Fest
WHEN: Thursday, June 4, 6 p.m.; Friday, June 5, 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 6, 7 p.m.; Friday, June 12, 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 13, 7 p.m.; Friday, June 19, 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.; Friday, June 26, 7 p.m.
WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield
The LAVA Center is excited to announce ticketing is now live and on sale for the 4th annual playreading festival On the Boards!
This year’s festival will include new and developmental works by thirteen Massachusetts-based playwrights.
Explore the world of theater by experiencing new works coming to life every night in this festival of readings of new works in several stages of development. This year, a different play is performed every evening, ensuring a variety of captivating experiences for audiences, actors and creatives.
On four weekends 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. Food and refreshments from local restaurants will be offered every evening after the talkback sessions.
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale between $8-$30, Card-to-Culture $2 and no one is turned away for lack of funds. To inquire about reserving a free seat, please contact LAVA at least 24 hours in advance, and please provide your name and the date you wish to attend.
Tickets are now available for every night of the play festival through the LAVA Center website; link here: https://www.tixtree.com/o/lava
More info is available on the On the Boards website: https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/
The schedule:
Thursday, June 4, 6 p.m. (5:30 p.m. doors): Table Read Festival Kickoff — Playwrights presenting 15-minute slices of their work as table reads for targeted feedback; directed by Ash Goverman.
“Dawn and Dorothy in the Afterlife” by Eva Schegulla
“Lone Wolf” by Dan Takacs
“Death by Chocolate” by Jane Denitz Smith
“more like you” by Foster Finch Schrader
“The Walk” by Lionel Audette
“Over My Dead Body” by Richard Carmelo Ballon
Friday, June 5, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“A Rare Sight” written by Jem O’Hara & directed by Lauren Stock
“Phoenix” written by Jan Maher & directed by Liam Castellan
Saturday, June 6, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“After the Whales Spoke” written & directed by Molly Brennan
Friday, June 12, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“Sidney Truant” written by Vanessa Query & directed by Tracy Grammer
Saturday, June 13, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“Come Slowly — Emily!” written by Allison Reding & directed by Jesse Fair
Friday, June 19, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“The Hungry Ghosts in the WhiteWash(er) Machine … A (W)hole ReStor(e)ative Practice in ReHears(e)al … A Both/And/Or/With Paradox ReFrame” written by CL Dukes & directed by Lauren Stock
Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“Calling” written by Patricia Crosby & directed by Penney Hulten
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors)
“The Birth/Death Project” presented by Real Live Theatre
For more information, updates and tickets, please visit https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/
On the Boards is made possible by grants from the local cultural councils of Amherst, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Leyden, Northfield, Shelburne, and Sunderland.
