You are cordially invited to UP Theater’s first production of the 2023-24 school year, a workshop reading of TBA by Carla Ching. Carla is an exciting up-and-coming voice in the theater, who has also written for several TV shows like Graceland and Fear the Walking Dead. She describes herself as being drawn to writing “plays that interrogate why people do terrible things to people they love.” TBA follows a young man named Silas who hasn’t left his apartment since being dumped and spends his time writing visceral stories that no one reads. When a literary agent surprisingly offers Silas a book deal, he believes he’s close to becoming “the next big thing.” But when Silas’ adoptive brother Finn shows up at his apartment, Silas’ stories start to change. TBA asks probing questions about self-fashioning and identity in our modern world.
Performances are October 4-7 at 7:30 p.m. and October 8 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Theater. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Faculty and staff are eligible for half-price tickets with the promo code “HALF4FACSTAFF”. Students are eligible for free student rush tickets on Wednesday, October 4 starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Box Office window.
Tickets may be purchased online HERE. Go to up.edu/theater for more information.