Lancaster, PA: The Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform presents a reading of Maybe When You’re Older, a new play by visiting playwright, Peter Gil-Sheridan, on Saturday afternoon, May 10, at 2:00 p.m. in the Programming Space on the second floor of the Lancaster Public Library in Ewell Plaza, 151 N. Queen Street in Lancaster. The event is hosted in partnership with Creative Works of Lancaster and Lancaster Public Library.

A pair of pirates, Pegleg and Legup ponder pain, trauma, and the greatest complexities of life while sailing the high seas. Snap to Penny, Pancho, and Morgan, teenagers on the schoolyard switching from being the worst of enemies to the best of friends in an adolescent instant. Penny learns new truths about her family, Morgan prepares for an incalculable loss, and Pancho writes about it all for his dearest friends. Maybe When You’re Older is an irreverent and poignant look into the lives of three teenagers and their moms as they navigate loss, identity, and growing up.

Gil-Sheridan’s play will be presented readers theater style with local actors reading from the script.

Peter Gil-Sheridan is a Cuban-American playwright whose plays have been developed and produced across the country through organizations such as The New Harmony Project, Page 73 Productions, the Cherry Lane Mentor Project, Borderlands Theatre, Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, PlayPenn, the Parsnip Ship, InterAct in Philadelphia, and the Flea Theatre. This Space Between Us was performed off-Broadway with Keen Company under the direction of Jonathan Silverstein in 2022. Topsy Turvy Mouse was the winner of The Smith Prize awarded by NNPN for outstanding political work. His newest play, Maybe When You’re Older was developed at PlayLabs, The Playwright’s Center’s annual festival of new plays.

Residencies include the Jerome Fellowship, The Sundance Institute, The Millay Colony, The Ucross Foundation, and the Tofte Lake Residency. Peter has also been a member of I73, Page 73’s weekly writing group. He’s performed his solo piece People Tell Me Things at several venues across the U.S. including Ars Nova’s ANTFest, Identity, Inc. in Farmington, NM, at Ucross in Wyoming and on Martha’s Vineyard. He is an Affiliated Artist with the Playwright’s Center and with NNPN.

Currently the Assistant Professor of Drama at Vassar College, Gil-Sheridan was awarded a Ford Fellowship to develop and research his adaptation, Medea and Her Sons, in collaboration with Vassar alum Sydney Duncan. He founded and annually produces The Steerman Festival of New Work that features fully-produced full-length new works by Vassar writers.

The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform was formed in 2005 and has presented plays by various members over the years, many of which have been developed into fully staged productions. The Platform meets biweekly to read and discuss new work and organizes public readings to give playwrights a chance to hear their words performed by actors in front of an audience. Visit www.lancasterdramatists.org for more information.

Creative Works of Lancaster provides nomadic theatrical encounters in and around the city of Lancaster, PA. Its mission is to nurture and promote creative opportunities throughout our community in order to provide exquisite moments of surprise and delight in an ever-challenging world. Visit www.creativelancaster.org for more information.

As one of the oldest public libraries in the country, Lancaster Public Library continues to inspire, empower, and strengthen our community by connecting people with information, ideas, and enriching experiences. For more information about the library, please visit LancasterPublicLibrary.org.

The May 10 reading is free and open to the public. The Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform relies on the generous support of this community. For more information about the event, the Platform, or how to donate, please visit www.lancasterdramatists.org or email lancasterdramatists@gmail.com