Some Assembly Required
by Toby Teiger
Thursday, April 10th
Reading begins 7:30 PM
Tickets $10
Location: Media Fellowship House
About the Play
When Madeline Munzel wakes up trapped with her estranged ex-husband, she assumes she's in Hell. But when she discovers that they're actually stuck in a mourning machine that saves copies of dead loved ones, she must work with her former spouse and the boy who put her there to figure out how to escape. A play about how far we will go to hold onto the things and people that we love... and what it means to let go.
DIRECTOR: Reva Stover
MADELINE MUNZEL: Janis Dardaris
FRANK: Damien J. Wallace
JAMES STARK: Jeff Pfeiffer
JUDY: Taylor Kellar
WRITER: Toby Tieger
About the Playwright
Toby Tieger (he/him) is a playwright and screenwriter based in Philadelphia. His script The Illuminati Kid was selected as a Finalist for the 2024 ScreenCraft Animation and Family Competition (top 10 out of ~900) and his work has recently placed in other competitions including PlayPenn’s Foundry program, Stowe Story Labs, and the Roadmap Writers’ Kids' Television Competition. Toby writes humanist coming-of-age fantasy, often with a focus on LGBT+ characters. He is currently working on a play called Juliet vs. The Multiverse about when Juliet discovers that there are over 400 years worth of adaptations of the Romeo and Juliet story and she goes off in search of a version with a non-tragic ending. He is also writing a television pilot called UnChosen about a gay teenage pacifist who learns that he is the Chosen One and that it’s his destiny to become a monster hunter, but he decides to become a monster conservationist instead. To learn more about Toby’s writing, please visit his website at tobytieger.com.
About the Series
The Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County.
Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should contact Julie Zaffarano, juliezaffarano@gmail.com. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.