COVENANT FARM WHEN: Saturday, January 18, 2 PM WHERE: Cranford Community Center, 224 Walnut Avenue
TIX: Admission is free Audiences
Encouraged to Share Feedback with the Playwright For further information, call Gary Glor, 908-809-8865.
Theater enthusiasts will have the opportunity to experience a staged
reading of a new play and share their reactions with the playwright in the
next installment of The Theater Project’s “New Play Readings.” Large-print programs and scripts will be available with advance request.
“A
reading by actors is an early, essential step in a play’s production,” said
Mark Spina, The Theater Project’s artistic director. “A staged reading
gives audiences some insight into how a play makes the long journey from
the written word to the curtain call. In addition, by sharing their
reactions with the playwright and cast, audiences serve as contributors to
a play’s development.”
Covenant Farm by Brigid Amos
When
a legal agreement resurfaces, it sets off a struggle among three women over
the fate of a communal organic farm and forces them to reevaluate their
life choices. Covenant Farm explores the conflict
between following a passion and seeking security.
Brigid
Amos has won the Goshen Peace Play Contest (2022) and the Tiger’s Heart
Players Literary Competition (2024). She has been a finalist for the
Woodward/Newman Drama Award (2020-21) and the Todd McNerney Playwriting
Award (2024). Her plays have been produced, read, or podcast in ten states
and the United Kingdom. Previous playwriting credits with The Theater
Project include Shall We Dance? and Listen. She lives in
Rahway.
Cranford
Community Center is located at 220 Walnut Avenue. The Theater Project is
presenting the “New Play Readings” series in cooperation with the Friends
of the Cranford Public Library with the support of a Union County LAP
grant, made possible in part by funds from the Union County Office of
Cultural and Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts.
Founded
in 1994 and based in Union, The Theater Project introduces New Jersey
audiences to new plays and supports rising playwrights and theater artists.
It develops new audiences for theater by service to the community,
providing programs for children, and using theater as a forum to address
current issues.
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