Rapid Lemon Productions will present
“Her, Across the River” by Hope Villanueva, at Motor House June 10th through
26th. CJay Philip (Voices of Carmen, Dance and Bmore) directs this world
premiere production. Washington, DC playwright Villanueva developed the
script through workshops and readings with WSC Avant Bard, HBMG’s Winter
National Playwrights’ Retreat, INKubator On Air, and the Women’s Theatre
Festival. The play was a finalist at the 2020 Players Club New Play
Festival.

An American woman on an escape from reality in Bangkok befriends a novice
Buddhist monk. On the other side of the river which separates the living
from the dead, their lost loved ones befriend each other. All are trying to
achieve some level of peace and maybe even enlightenment. Overseeing this is
the Thai Earth Goddess, who is troubled to see her sister Goddess, Demeter,
unable to find comfort without her daughter, Persephone. Told through
movement in a magical realism frame, this play explores the journey from
grief to the start of healing.

All performances will be live and in-person at Motor House, 120 W. North
Avenue Baltimore. Attendance will follow COVID safety protocols in
accordance with City of Baltimore guidelines. Performances will also be live
streamed online. Tickets are available at www.rapidlemon.org.

Established in 2012, Rapid Lemon Productions is a not-for-profit theater
company whose mission is to develop and present new work that promotes
representation of and participation by the community it serves.