Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance Department presents
'Berg New Works Staged Readings
Saturday, April 27
The Recollection of a Sherbert Home
2:00 pm & 6:00 pm
Mountain Men
3:30 pm & 7:00 pm
Event Space, Seegers Union
Free! No ticket required.
Artistic Director: Gabriel Jason Dean
Join us this Saturday for World Premiere readings of two new plays by Muhlenberg playwrights!
The Recollection of a Sherbert Home
by Rozie Hoff
Saturday, April 27 at 2 pm and 6 pm
directed by Anna Item
dramaturg: Sof Oberg
stage manager: Madeline Doherty
When Lydia is tasked with cleaning out her recently deceased friend's home, unexpected feelings and memories are brought to the surface. This opens a conversation exploring what's most important, and reflect on how others shape you as a whole.
Featuring...
Gaby Canedo
Evelyn Carlin
Isabelle Peters
Samuel Roter
Content Advisory
This play contains:
- heavy discussions and central themes of suicide
- discussions of suicidal ideation
- discussions of grief
- depictions of biphobia
- light discussions of sex
- brief depiction of violence
- the presence of a knife
- shouting
Specific warnings:
- biphobic language (Scene 6)
- discussions of mortality (Scene 9)
- depictions of punching a wall (Scene 11)
- presence of a knife (Scene 15)
- implications/references to suicide (Scene 15)
Mountain Men
by Chiara Aiello
Saturday April 27 at 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm
directed by Julianne Lucas
dramaturg: Piper Ackerman
stage manager: Gabrielle McCabe
A group of troubled young men of all different backgrounds are sent to a wilderness therapy program in Vermont for one summer. Throughout their stay, they confront personal traumas, heal, and develop close bonds with each other as well as the world they had tried so hard to shut out.
Featuring...
Lorenzo Antigua
Sonny Berenson
Sullivan Grace
Dan Harel
Luke Enda McIntyre
JJ Ramirez
Levi Roush
Content Advisory
This play contains:
- mentions of drug abuse and addiction
- offstage drug overdose
- offstage death
- mentions of suicide and suicidal ideations
- mentions of family conflict and child neglect
- profanity
