First Drafts and Bagels: The Bell Lyre

Come out to Firehouse Theatre for mimosas and bagels and participate in the creative process of making a new play. 

First Drafts and Bagels brings together playwrights, directors, performers, and you, to hear, then talk about, new plays.

The Bell Lyre

by K. Jenkins

In the not-so-distant future, on a floodplain nearby, a family struggles to fit a lifetime of memories into seven boxes. In the world of The Bell Lyre, musical instruments are constructed from broken clocks and wallboards, pies are baked from forgotten apples, and shields are donned to catch bullets. This magical realism play is a family drama that speaks to environmental degradation, mass shootings, lost love, digital barrenness, and Alzheimer’s miracles.

Featuring Laura Bassin, Mikaela Craft, Lian-Marie Holmes Munro, and Ed Whitacre