The LAVA Center Announces The Time is Now: Climate Change Theatre Action Readings are Available Online

GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center is thrilled to announce the play reading recordings of The Time is Now: Climate Change Theatre Action are available to view online. The recordings encompass the play readings from the three-day festival which took place during the festival weekend of October 24–26. Produced in…

“Ismene” Now Available for Viewing on YouTube

ISMENE NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON VIDEO “Well, Ismene disappeared. That’s how the books have it. There is no poem, no song about me. A little ironic, isn’t it, that I’m the one who’s actually still here?” Jan Maher’s play Ismene, which played to sold-out houses at The LAVA Center in…

The LAVA Center’s “Ismene” Now available for Viewing on YouTube

“Well, Ismene disappeared. That’s how the books have it. There is no poem, no song about me. A little ironic, isn’t it, that I’m the one who’s actually still here?”  Jan Maher’s play Ismene, which played to sold-out houses at The LAVA Center in September, is now available for viewing…

The LAVA Center Hosts Play Festival from Climate Change Theatre Action

The LAVA CenterThe Time Is Now play festival Oct 24, 2025 at 7:00 PMRepeat 10/25/2025 @ 7 p.m. ; Repeat 10/26/2025The LAVA Center 324 Main Street Greenfield, MA 01301 Performance times:
Friday 7 p.m. RESILIENCE “Science is Dead!”, “Consultation”, and “We’re Running Out of Chairs” dir. Ash Goverman Saturday 7 p.m.…

Performances of “Ismene” Set for The LAVA Center in September

Antigone bade her sister say no more. “Your choice was to live,” she said, “mine to die.” —Antigone, quoted by Edith Hamilton The LAVA Center and playwright/director Jan Maher are thrilled to announce a special collaboration to present Maher’s play Ismene in mid-September. The project, made possible in part by…

New Play Fest at The LAVA Center to Feature Readings by (Mostly) Local Playwrights

WHAT: On the Boards ’24: a festival of new play readings by (mostly) local playwrights WHEN: Saturday, June 15, 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 22, 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 29, 7 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, July 12–13, 7 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, July 19–20, 7 p.m.; Friday–Saturday, July 26–27, 7 p.m. WHERE: The LAVA Center,…

Climate Change Theatre Action Presents “All Good Things Must Begin” Play Readings

WHAT: Climate Change Theatre Action: “All Good Things Must Begin” play readings WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, 7 p.m. WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield MA CONTACT: info@thelavacenter.org or ‪413-376-8118‬ GREENFIELD, MA — Climate Change Theatre Action is a worldwide festival of short plays about the…