As First Friday is winding down, join the Platform for a presentation of new short plays by local playwrights, Erich Goldstein, John Rohrkemper and Nelly Torres. The plays will be performed as readings, with scripts in hand, by local actors.

The February 3rd readings are free and open to the public. For more information about the event or about the Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform, please email lancasterdramatists@gmail.com, call (717) 723-8355 or visit www.creativelancaster.org/friends-and-partners/lancaster-dramatists-platform.

This jet-black comedy is about Bruno and Audrey, a young unmarried couple expecting a baby around Christmas. Audrey’s mother, Ingrid, is moving in with them to help pay the rent, and things get even more complicated when Nissim, Bruno’s longtime roommate, appears on the scene and decides to stay as well. Critics have described the late playwright’s work as “carefully crafted off-kilter dialogue mixed with lyricism that produces a poignant melancholy buffeted by head-shaking comedy,” and Creative Works is happy to introduce his work to Lancaster.

This show is intended for adult audiences.

Ticket prices are $10 each, with an “Awkward Threesome Special” of three tickets for $25.

Tickets on sale soon!

The Candy Factory - 323 N. Queen St. – Lancaster

Wood Stove House and Creative Works bring you a special night of experimental theater!

Six writers, six directors, at least twenty actors and a production team will write, rehearse and perform six ten-minute plays in a 24 hour period. The process to create the six plays will start Friday evening, November 4, with writers choosing their actors from a pool of talent. The six writers will write through the night and hand their work to the directors early Saturday morning, November 5, the day of the performance.  After negotiating for their choice of play, directors will work with their actors and a crew of stage technicians to prepare for the 7 p.m. performance.

The Lancaster production is a collaborative effort between Steve Carlson, Jason and Susanne Mundok of the Wood Stove House, and Creative Works.  It will feature members of the Lancaster professional theater scene working along-side amateur artists, and several high school actors will also be involved.

Tickets are $10 and are on sale now!

Seating is limited and the production team is anticipating a sold out event.

Advanced ticket purchase is strongly suggested.

It begins on Thursday, October 13 at 8:00 PM with He Comes for His Books by Chet Williamson. The long one-act play was inspired by the relationship between playwright Harold Pinter and his first wife, Vivien Merchant, during their breakup.

On Friday, October 14 at 8:00 PM, the festival continues with In Harm’s Way by John Rohrkemper. The staged reading will be directed by Pat LeMay, and the cast includes Chris Fogel, Lydia Brubaker, Nelly Torres and Elizabeth Pattey.

Enjoy scenes from two plays on Saturday, October 15 beginning at 2:00 PM. The afternoon opens with Cherubs Need Love Too by Jim Craig, directed by Nelly Torres. A Real Mentsh by Caleb Corkery will follow. The reading is directed by Vicky Lantz.

The festival will have its finale on Saturday, October 15 at 8:00 PM with The Alegria Sisters by David Nice and directed by Lydia Brubaker.

All artwork is for sale!

To view photos from last year’s Mobile Art Gallery click here.

The performances will take place December 15^th-18^th, 2011 in the Millersville University-Lancaster building, 42 North Prince Street in Lancaster.  Rehearsals will be held on weekday evenings and weekends beginning in mid-late October.  Actors will also have the opportunity to be considered for the Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform’s festival of new plays, which will include several days of readings in October.

Auditions will be held Wednesday, September 21^st from 6-10 p.m. at Franklin & Marshall’s Philadelphia Alumni Writers House, 633 College Avenue in Lancaster.  Callbacks, as needed, will be scheduled on Thursday, September 22^nd.

Auditions are by appointment only and are for actors 18 and older.  Please bring a photo and resume, and be prepared to read from the script.  If you want to schedule an appointment, or if you have questions, email joanna@creativelancaster.org or call 717-723-8355.

“The ground-level experience of one frightened man. And we’re right there with him.”
— The Washington Post

Creative Works of Lancaster will be presenting That Day in September, a one-man show written by Lancaster playwright Artie Van Why about his experience being present at the World Trade Center on 9/11. The production will feature Lancaster actor Brian Martin, who has appeared previously in Creative Works productions Yule Laugh and Arms and the Man.

That Day in September has been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. and was received well when performed at the Fulton Theatre on the fifth anniversary of 9/11.

Of his play, Van Why writes, “In the long run, the most important thing for me is to have the story told; to serve as a witness to that day in our history and a tribute to all those who died. ”

Event Details

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 7pm

Location: First United Methodist Church, 29 East Walnut Street, Lancaster, PA (map)

Approx. Running Time: 90 min.

Admission: Free, with donations welcome

This production includes detailed descriptions of the traumatic events of 9/11, and therefore parental discretion about attending with children is advised.

The mission of Creative Works is to fuel and sustain Lancaster city’s cultural renaissance.  Upcoming events include “That Day in September,” a play about 9/11 by local writer Artie Van Why, a “Mobile Art Gallery” on October’s First Friday, and a Halloween mystery evening co-sponsored with the Lancaster Farmers’ Market Association.

Update: Thank you to Isaac’s and to everyone who participated! We were able to raise $105.65 to support future productions by Creative Works of Lancaster.