The New Play Development Series is 'Pay What You Can'

The New Play Series: Making Lemonade is an exciting opportunity to go behind the curtain and see how new plays progress from the page to the stage. Writing that has been shared and nurtured in BHCT’s playwright’s group (the Broken Lemons) receives a public reading, helmed by a BHCT director, with local actors. Each reading is followed by an extended talkback in which you can share your feedback about these works-in-progress and learn more about the process, from the inside.

Participation in the Broken Lemons, ​which meets bi-weekly, is open to the public as well. You can attend as a writer or as an actor and lend your artistic insights to the creative process.

Previous Productions

When Life Hands You Lemons:
​An Evening of Short Plays
Written by The Broken Lemons Playwriting Group
Directed by Nicolas Christenson
Performed on Friday June 10th at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater

​Seven local playwrights examine what happens when life presents us with the unexpected and the unwanted. Plays range from absurd comedy to epic disasters, all with plenty of heart.

​Cast: ​Andrea Surovek, Lydia Alyea, Pasiensia Lockman, Heidi Dehn, Lynne Mazzone, Larry Harding, Kris Monroe, Taylor Boland, Alejandro Cruz, and Duane Neugebauer.

Lemon Wedges
by Wendy Lowe
Two friends navigate the tricky intersections of friendship, love, and terminal illness over lunch.

When Life Hands You Hockey Pucks
by Lindsey Clouse
Where do you go when you've been hit by a foul ball or a hockey puck? Several fans explore the world of their unconscious when their fandoms put them in comas.

The Brothers Pringle (Based on Events)
​by Ryan Koch & Nick Weyrich
Marty and Ace plan to honor their parents with a memorial tennis tournament, but Ace has lost his love for the game in favor of a newer hobby.

The Trials of Adulthood 
by Nick Christenson
A married couple face the ups and downs of grown up life - plus the inconvenience of a meddlesome neighbor!

If All the Raindrops
by Heidi Dehn
Leon and Lucy face the horrific truth of what would really happen if it rained lemons.

Behind the Music 
​by Lloyd Potter
Everyone dreams about being a rockstar. Mark dares to dream bigger.

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​Quattuor Equites by Lloyd Potter
Friday, January 14th at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater
​Directed by Ryan Puffer

Quattuor Equites follows the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse through time as they struggle to overcome their dislike of each other and develop friendships that will help them in their mission to dispense misery and despair upon all of humanity until the End of Days.

​Cast: Nicolas Christenson (Death), Joshua Porto (War), Lynne Mazzone-Olness (Famine), Alejandro Cruz (Pestilence), Heidi Dehn (Poo-ka, Hotel Manager, Ms. Halibut, Dan the Pizza Man, Waitress), Ryan Puffer (Narrator)