Staged Play Reading: Admissions by Joshua Harmon

The Depot Theatre and the Westport Wadhams Community Alliance are pleased to present a staged play reading of Admissions by Joshua Harmon. The reading is produced by Saranac Lake-based Adirondack Stage Rats and will be held at the Westport Heritage House, Saturday, November 16 at 3:00pm.

A new play, Admissions shares a story in which main character Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school's Headmaster, they've largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy.

The staged reading is directed by Beth Glover and features Fran Yardley, Laura-Jean Swanson, Tyler Nye, Laura Menzie, and Peter Corley.