A Staged Reading of Cris Eli Blak’s ‘GIRL ON A HILL’

Plus a Q&A with the Playwright
Presented by Round The Bend Theatre

Sunday, May 12, 2pm

All tickets $15
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Time & Space Limited
434 Columbia St
Hudson, NY 12534

Join Round the Bend Theatre for a reading of resident playwright Cris Eli Blak’s new play, directed by Beth Ryan Troxell. GIRL ON A HILL follows Deana Wakefield, an African American woman living out of a motel, 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…

Cris Eli Blak is an emerging proud Black playwright and the recipient of many awards such as . the Black Broadway Men Playwriting Initiative, the Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s inaugural winner of the Muse of Fire BIPOC Playwriting Festival and the 2024 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award, among many others. He is currently an artist-in-residence with Abingdon Theatre Company and has had his works published in a wide array of publications. Round The Bend Theatre is a mobile theater company with a mission to encourage Hudson Valley playwrights through the process of inclusive readings and reflection.

This reading will feature* (in alphabetical order): Jaylen Addison, Leif Grund, Alinca Hamilton, Samantha Mileski. A Brief Q&A will follow the reading.
(*Names with links are available for those artists who have provided them.)