Barrett Township, PA (June 4, 2018) Pocono Mountains Theater Company and Maned Wolf Productions announce the presentation of a new play and short film by Sarah T. Schwab on July 14th and 15th.
Sarah’s play, “A Place for Mom,” will have a staged reading on Saturday, July 14th at Tall Timber Barn, Route 447, Canadensis, at 7:00 PM.
“A Place for Mom” had its first reading in April at The Actors Studio in New York City.
“A Place for Mom” explores the moral and ethical confusion surrounding an individual’s capacity to consent during late stage Alzheimer’s.
Featured in this reading are NYC actors Michael Cullen (“Bug”, “Cobb”) Juan Francisco Villa (“Oedipus El Rey”, “The Gentleman Caller”), Lori Singleton, and local actors Dianara Vasquez (currently a student at ESU) and Maryjane Baer. NYC’s Hunter Bird will direct.
Directions to Tall Timber Barn can be found at: www.talltimberbarn.com. Suggested donation: $10 at the door.
Sunday, July 15th brings a special screening of Sarah’s short film and directorial debut, ‘A’ My Name Is, in Buck Hill’s Urice Meeting Room at 3:30 PM.
Filmed in Sarah’s hometown of Buffalo, NY, this film tells the story of an eight-year old girl with cancer who has a late night adventure that culminates in the realization of her mortality.
With its hopeful narrative the film demonstrates the courage of children.
This event includes a discussion with Sarah after the screening.
‘A’ My Name Is was produced by Pocono Mountains Theater Company’s Artistic Director, Brian Long and associate producer Maned Wolf Productions.
Learn more about ‘A’ My Name Is at www.amynameisthefilm.com. Listen to the original song, “Broken Wing”, written for the film by its star, Samarah Conley, here: https://samarahconley.hearnow.com. Suggested donation: $10 at the door.
Sarah T. Schwab is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio.
Her full-length play “Until Death” will receive a three-day workshop and public reading from August 5-7 at the Berkshire Theater Group featuring Karen Allen and Jeffrey DeMunn.
The play had a staged reading at The Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City as part of their TONGUES reading series in March 2017. She was a finalist for the Carson McCullers' Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers, and spent a month-long writing residency in Carson's childhood home in Columbus, Georgia in January 2018.
Her work has been published in Tin House, the Evergreen Review, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Buffalo News, and on websites NBC, Nerve, Jezebel, and The Buffalo Spree.
PMTC’s Artistic Director, Brian Long, said: “What a great weekend for PMTC. We get to see two new works-one play and one film-by up and comer Sarah T. Schwab in collaboration with Maned Wolf Productions, a fantastic NYC-based producer of theater and film. Don't miss it.”
Sarah is currently writing a feature-length movie which she expects to be filmed in Monroe County as early as next 2019. The film is currently entitled "The Violinist" and is about an introverted high school orchestra teacher with arachnophobia who overcomes her fear through exposure therapy, revealing a dormant darkness within her psyche. In addition to star actors and some NYC-based crew, Sarah plans to hire local crew and talent, as well as patronizing local businesses.
For reservations for “A Place for Mom” and ‘A’ My Name Is contact