“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…

The LAVA Center Announces Auditions for “Ismene”

The LAVA Center announces auditions for Jan Maher’s play Ismene, funded in part by Greenfield Local Cultural Council. If you’ve never heard of Ismene before, you are not alone. She is the forgotten sister of Antigone of Greek tragedy fame. For millennia she has wandered the earth wondering why, unlike…

LAVA Center to Host the Comedy Project Revue

WHAT: The Comedy Project Revue WHEN: Friday, July 25, 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. doors) WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield $5–10 suggested donation CONTACT: info@thelavacenter.org or ‪413-376-8118‬ GREENFIELD, MA — The Comedy Project Revue will perform CPR on the public on Friday, July 25, 7 p.m. at The…

On the Boards New Play Fest Concludes at The LAVA Center

WHAT: On the Boards ’25: “Jane Austen Ruptured My Spleen” + “Glaucman’s Syndrome” & On the Boards ’25: Table Read Sunday WHEN: Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, 7p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.); table reads Sunday, July 29, 3 p.m. WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield MORE…