"The Nature Plays" Premiere at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Announcing the world premiere of the Mount Auburn Plays, two series of site-specific plays created by Mount Auburn Cemetery’s first Playwright Artist-in-Residence, Patrick Gabridge.  Over the past two years Gabridge, an award-winning Boston playwright, has researched the stunning landscape and history of America’s first garden Cemetery and 175-acre arboretum in the heart of Cambridge, MA, culminating in 10 brand new short plays to premiere as two sets of 5 unique plays each: The Nature Plays premiere June 1-9, 2019, highlighting the rich natural environment of Mount Auburn, and The America Plays premiere September 14-22, 2019, bringing to life just a few of the historic personalities resting eternally on the grounds and whose vision still resonate strongly in our American culture today. Each series will have 8 performances over the course of two weekends.  Presented in partnership with Plays in Place. Tickets for The Nature Plays are now on sale!  $35 per person ($30 for members) at mountauburn.org/the-nature-plays or by calling 617-607-1980. Tickets for The America Plays will be available at a later date.

All plays will be fully staged with professional actors on the Cemetery grounds, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Directed by Courtney O’Connor.  Plays will run rain or shine with two performances on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 and 5:00 pm. Each set of plays is approximately 75 minutes and will include walking within the Cemetery on paved and unpaved surfaces; total walking distance approx. 1 mile.