EVENTS, OFFERINGS
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SWAMPED - NEW PERFORMANCES ANNOUNCED:
December 6 and 7 at 2 pm (East Street Studio, 47 East Street, Hadley, MA)
January 17 and 18, 2026 at 2 pm (New England Youth Theater, 100 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT)
“Swamped Is a culture clash of red and blue state values. It is a healing saga, a cautionary tale. All told, it’s a story of personal contact, which may be the only real road to reconciliation we have left.”
The Captain’s lost his wife — he’s marooned in assisted living. He asks his caregiver Clove, “You’re not going to try to change the equipment, are you?” “The equipment is my body, Captain.” ”But you are who you are for a reason!” “What reason?” asks Clove. “How the hell should I know? I can’t even find my shoes!”
Meanwhile Stephen, the son of The Captain’s dead war buddy, is trip-wired for trauma. “You old men. You ship out and leave your goddamn carcasses for the rest of us to clean up!” But his girlfriend Kat is the one shipping out — to Provincetown, “I may not be in love with any MAN! If I do come back, it’ll be with conditions.”
“Things are so cockeyed down here in this crooked Disneyland anymore!” Even with all the laughs in this cautionary tale, everyone is SWAMPED!
Written and directed by Court Dorsey, Swamped is a world premiere featuring Steve Eldredge, Joe Laur, Izzy Miller and Heather Willey at the newly equipped Wendell Meetinghouse. Sound design by Brian Bender, set by Tim Holcomb, costumes by Izzy Miller.
For more information, please contact Court Dorsey.
Have you heard the news about Swamped?
Theater Review - Across the Great Divide: Swamped at the Meetinghouse (page 9)
https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/October-23-2025.pdf
Fabulous 413 - Five Fun Things
https://www.nepm.org/podcast/the-fabulous-413/2025-10-21/five-fun-things
Greenfield Recorder: Art Imitates Life: Wendell Meetinghouse Debuts Swamped, a Play about Bridging Social Divides
https://recorder.com/2025/10/03/art-imitates-life-wendell-meetinghouse-debuts-swamped-a-play-bridging-social-divides/
Montague Reporter: Swamped by Culture Clash
https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-25-2025.pdf