“The Dying of Ida Greene” began two years ago with image and word, neither of which exist in the current drafts of the play. In fact, the only things that remain of the early drafts are the names of the characters. It wasn’t until Pavel turned his face to the sky and began talking about the stars that the play truly began to take shape. Even then, I wasn’t quite sure what the point of it all was. It wasn’t until I heard my wife describe the play to a friend of ours that I came to realize: more than anything, “The Dying of Ida Greene” has become an exploration of the ways in which people change.
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Pizza & Plays : A Summer Reading Series | After We Become Rain Written by Mac Mitchell
For the final Pizza & Plays event of the Summer, we’re shaking things up a little. We will be doing a reading of “After We Become Rain” written by Mac Mitchell, yours truly. This play is a new play — it’s so new it hasn’t even been rehearsed or performed by anyone ever.
Pizza & Plays : A Summer Reading Series | The Realistic Joneses Written by Will Eno
It’s an old story, the new neighbors move in and turn out to be a lot more friendly than we expected, or maybe they share a lot more with us than we wanted them to share.
Pizza & Plays : A Summer Reading Series | The Heresy of Love Written by Helen Edmundson
It’s difficult to know what contemporary plays are worth picking up, and most new plays are not available to the general public. This upcoming event of Hearth and Mantel’s seeks to in some small way contribute to more accessibility of contemporary plays.
