Local playwright Harrison David Rivers closes Playwrights’ Center season April 9 and 10

The 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series at the Playwrights’ Center closes April 9 and 10 with Core Writer Harrison David Rivers’ new play the bandaged place. The readings begin at 7 p.m. at the Playwrights’ Center, located at 2301 E. Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. They are free, but reservations are recommended. Reserve your free tickets now »

Rivers is a St. Paul-based writer who moved to the Twin Cities in 2014 for a Many Voices Fellowship at the Playwrights’ Center and decided to stay. He then received a prestigious McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting and is currently a Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center. Locally, his plays that are receiving (or have recently received) premieres include A Crack in the Sky (History Theatre), Five Points (Theater Latté Da), and This Bitter Earth (Penumbra Theatre). Twin Cities audiences won’t want to miss this opportunity to be part of the evolution of his new play, the bandaged place.

the bandaged place is a brutal and lyrical play about the things we hang on to and the price of moving forward. It is the story of Jonah, whose former lover resurfaces, reopening a painful wound. Jonah is forced to turn to his precocious daughter and his tough love grandmother for support.

Rivers will be collaborating with director Saheem Ali** and a cast including Brandon Gill*, Faye Price*, Awazi Jaafaru, Bradley Hildebrandt and James Rodriguez* (*Member of Actors’ Equity Association; **Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society).