Social Security by Christina Masciotti
Directed by Paul Lazar

June, a retired pretzel factory worker, finds herself deaf after forty years with machines, widowed, and stranded in the urban muck of Reading, PA. She forges ahead gamely, but her yearning for ordinary human companionship only drives her further into danger.

The production will unite downtown stars: Cynthia Hopkins, T. Ryder Smith*, and Elizabeth Dement
*Appears Courtesy of Actor's Equity Association

Set Design: Sara C. Walsh, Lighting and Video Design: Simon Harding, Sound Design: Ben Williams, Costume Design: Jacob A. Climer, Stage Manager: Derek Spaldo, Technical Director: TJ Sampson, Producers: Eva C. Scanlan and Jennifer Conley Darling

"This playwright has a distinctive gift...original...surprising." - The New York Times

"Her character work can't be surpassed." - Time Out New York

RUN TIME: 90 minutes in one act