LOCAL Lab Festival Passes include reserved seating at the three play readings, the master class with Jill Rafson (Roundabout Theatre Company) and Mare Trevathan (LOCAL Artistic Director) in devised work, the Festival Launch party at Todd Reed, the After Party following the reading of “The Rape of The Sabine Women by Grace B. Matthias” and the Kaffeeklatsch.

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THE HISTORY ROOM by Charlie Thurston

directed by Pesha Rudnick

Doors: 1:30pm

We should always keep our promises, right?  In this dark, fantastical comedy, Steve made a promise to kill his best friend, Helen, if she descends into dementia like her mother. Now, 20 years later, while navigating the many faces of Helen's illness, her stubborn caregiver husband, her estranged daughter, and the blood-thirsty ghost of his own son, Steve must determine Helen's fate. Part farce, part magical realism,The History Room by Charlie Thurston explores honor, loss, the integrity of memory, and who should decide how it ends.

The History Room is presented in partnership with Creede Repertory Theatre.

Charlie Thurston

Charlie Thurston's plays Lifted, A and B, Empire, A Demonstration by Patient Edward, and The History Room have been developed or produced at Trinity Rep, Brown University, Cornell College, and Creede Repertory Theater. He was the 2012 recipient of the Trinity Repertory Company’s David Wickham Memorial Playwriting Prize.  He holds an MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep where he studied playwriting under Erik Ehn and Deborah Salem Smith.

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