A New Play with Lancaster Ties by Local Playwright David Nice!
The Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform presents a reading of Betty Clemmer, a new play by local playwright David Nice, on Saturday afternoon, April 5th, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the Programming Space on the second floor of the Lancaster Public Library in Ewell Plaza, 151 N. Queen Street in Lancaster. The event is hosted in partnership with Creative Works of Lancaster and Lancaster Public Library.
A young Mennonite girl, a 20th Century woman, navigates a long path to independence and fulfillment. Her son tries to reconstruct the truth of her life from memory and family history. Can it lead to reconciliation? Betty Clemmer follows her story and the generations she touched.
Nice’s play will be presented readers theater style with actors Libby Casey Stauffer, Elliot Sterenfeld, Rasha Clark, Cara Ditzler, Chris Fogel, Timothy Riggs, John Rohrkemper, Chet Williamson, and Moxie Miller reading from the script.
David Nice’s plays have been produced by Creative Works of Lancaster, Reading Theater Project, Gamut Theatre Group, Winters Theatre Company (CA) and Playwright’s Round Table (PRT) in Orlando, Florida. Other plays by David have been selected, developed, or presented as staged readings by York College (PA), Maryland Ensemble Theater (METLab), Our Lady of the Lake University (TX), Fulton Theatre, Theater of the Seventh Sister, Albright College, Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform, and Creative Works of Lancaster.
