PENNEY FARMS – Clamour Theatre Company is excited to present five upcoming play productions during its sixth annual playwrights' retreat, Clay & Water 2024. The event will feature playwrights from all over the country.

Lived Experience by Amy Tofte, Sunday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at Rigel Center, Penney Farms. This play is the first work-in-progress reading from Clay & Water 2024, Clamour Theatre Company's Sixth Annual Playwrights' Retreat. 

When an android falls in love with her human co-worker, she must learn difficult human nuances such as love vs. lust and support vs. control. Each interaction pushes the constantly learning android to create a shared trauma that binds her as close as possible to her human companion. Is there an algorithm for love? Is love even real? Or is it merely an agreed upon delusion between consenting sentient beings? FREE and open to the public. Reservations required. To reserve a seat, clamourtheatre.org/events/, or call 917-902-7210.

Girl on a Hill by Cris Eli Blak, Monday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at Rigel Center, Penney Farms. The second work-in-progress reading from Clay & Water 2024, Clamour Theatre Company's Sixth Annual Playwrights' Retreat.

Deana Wakefield is an African American woman living out of a motel with her musician-boyfriend, struggling with a substance use disorder. Her life takes an unexpected turn when a journalist from The New York Times shows up at her door after he uncovers who she really is: a former child math prodigy. This is a play about race, discrimination, addiction, friendship, shame, generational trauma, and how no matter what we are, or who we are, we have a story to tell and a life that’s worth living. [CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE] 

The Practice Room by Aly Kantor, Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Rigel Center, Penney Farms. The third work-in-progress readings from Clay & Water 2024, Clamour Theatre Company's Sixth Annual Playwrights' Retreat.

Julissa is the second chair violist. Giselle is the third chair cellist. Up until now, both college students have accepted the role of the system in determining their fates. When Julissa decides to take a risk and switch instruments, however, the rules begin to change, setting Giselle on a quest to retain her hard-earned position at any cost. “The Practice Room” is a play about power, friendship, and what young female artists deserve. 

Glory to the Father by Pamela Morgan, Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. at Rigel Center, Penney Farms. Play 4 of the works-in-progress reading from Clay & Water 2024, Clamour Theatre Company's Sixth Annual Playwrights' Retreat.

Rachel Allbright, an emerging playwright in her mid-40s, is offered the opportunity to stage a scene from her life in “Glory to the Father,” a meta-psychodrama about childhood trauma, overbearing religion, and complicated family relationships. Rachel struggles to write and revise a prodigal reunion between her mother, Mary, and her sibling, Beck, at her father’s deathbed. And as the scene unfolds, again and again, Rachel finds her characters refusing to do as they’re told and forcing her to process a past that she never prepared for. 

small quiet good by Chandler Hubbard, Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Rigel Center, Penney Farms. The last work-in-progress reading from Clay & Water 2024, Clamour Theatre Company's Sixth Annual Playwrights' Retreat.

The myth, the monster, the woman: Medusa. She’s been confined to Hell for thousands of years. Today, her sisters and fellow Gorgons come to rescue her, but the chains binding Medusa can only be broken by the prisoner herself. It’s a reckoning and a retribution; it’s a bildungsroman and a beheading. 

All of these events are free and open to the public. Reservations required. To reserve a seat, clamourtheatre.org/events/, or call 917-902-7210.