Events & Projects
Telling the Times: Call Me By My Name
Series in development
In the first of this developing series of documentaries about living in a daily changing world, a group of people who have experienced homelessness gathered to tell their stories and give rare access to their lives in a world that's hiding in plain sight.
With a professional production team, The Works (aka Playworks) develops and produces stage and film projects that broaden perspective on local and global communities, and often include partnerships with sponsors and co-producers. Click the linked titles below for more about some of the current / recent ones.
Series & Special events
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Series in development
In the first of this developing series of documentaries about living in a daily changing world, a group of people who have experienced homelessness gathered to tell their stories and give rare access to their lives in a world that's hiding in plain sight.
A series of stage-and-film documentaries, each developed over 8-15 months
Sponsored by Aldersgate 2018-2022
In 2019, seven people ages 73 to 95 met for 15 months to document their lives in Acting Our Age: One Century in Seven Voices, a stage-and-film documentary that traces those lives 'from then to now.' Voices of the Pandemic (2021) is a film about seven people surviving a year like no other. The live event and film Using Our Voices (2022) shows how the Silents paved the way for the Boomers.
"The humor, the sadness, the challenges and the events of nearly 100 years of American history, shared through the lives of these seven people, were a joy to listen to." Audience member Charles Payet
"The humor, the sadness, the challenges and the events of nearly 100 years of American history, shared through the lives of these seven people, were a joy to listen to." Audience member Charles Payet
Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center/Holley Hall
Sponsored by Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota Fl
In the 2024 project, developed over eight months, 10 people born in the decade culminating with the end of World War ll relive the challenges of leaving home to find home in a defining time of innovation in America and abroad. Sponsored by Plymouth Harbor.
The Christians A play Lucas Hnath
Playworks Group and Pine Hill Project at Blumenthal Performing Arts
What do you believe? And why do you believe it? Those questions drive this surprising play that's set in a megachurch in today's America. Critics and audiences nationwide have praised the play's ability to articulate many points of view. This producton was a six month project that featured an onstage choir of 23 singers from the community working with the professional cast. TalkBacks among actors, audiences and guest clergy followed all performances. Lucas Hnath received a Best Play Tony Award nomination for A Doll's House, Part 2.
"Can we work, pray, or even live together anymore after we've recognized that we disagree?" Broadway World
Playworks Group at Blumenthal Performing Arts
Based on the best-selling novel and N.Y. Times Notable Book by Clyde Edgerton, Lunch at the Piccadilly is an original musical about changing the world - one rocking chair at a time. With songs by Drama Desk Award winner Mike Craver, the show was developed in three productions and at the York Theatre Company in N.Y. The most recent production also hosted supporting programs about the realities of elderhood in contemporary America.
"It's about people who aren't waiting to die, but continuing to live to the very end." Up and Coming Magazine
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