Plan-B Theatre, August 2019, photo by Rick Pollock.

THE POST OFFICE

Winner of the 2022 American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) Distinguished Play Award.

One act, TYA. Teenaged Ash longs to see the world but is stuck at home, plagued by a mysterious illness. But Ash refuses to be sad, instead befriending strangers as they parade past her window, helping each to smile despite a dark, dystopian world. When Ash realizes that the building being constructed near her home is a new post office, she dreams of a life spent delivering the mail and traveling beyond her small village.

A commission adapted from the classic play by Rabindranath Tagore (utilizing the 1914 English translation by Devabrata Mukherjee).

THE POST OFFICE is available for licensing through YouthPLAYS.com. It’s available in both its original one hour length, as well as a 40–45 minute cut intended for school drama competitions.

THE POST OFFICE received its world premiere at Plan-B Theatre Company (Jerry Rapier, artistic director, and Cheryl Cluff, managing director) in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 24 - 26, 2019. It was directed by Adam Wilkins; set and prop design by Madeline Ashton, assisted by Zach Scarborough; costume design by Maddiey Howell-Wilkins, assisted by Caitie Neilson; lighting design by Pilar Davis, assisted by Avero Larson; and sound design by Cheryl Cluff, assisted by Travis Fullerton. Actors: Alexis Bitner; Elaia Echeverria; Kaplan Keener; Sarah D'Anella; Melainey Isaac; Hunter Oliphant; Andrew Pankey; Emily Tippetts; Carter Wagstaff; Jevahjire France; Tyrah Sanchez.

The play was commissioned by Plan-B Theatre in partnership with Gandhi Alliance for Peace, Granite School District and United Nations Association of Utah. Its premiere coincided with the United Nations Civil Society Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah in August 2019.

“Larson’s exquisite translation—a more appropriate term than adaptation—of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s most famous play flows with elegant, accessible symbolism…. Larson impressively translates the story to an unspecified time and location while finding the right pitch to accentuate the universal tone of Tagore’s symbolism in her script.” — Les Roka, The Utah Review

“A moving, heartfelt show… a lovely piece that made me grateful for the life I have and the opportunities that I have to explore the world. I highly recommend this 55-minute production to anyone.” — Utah Theatre Bloggers

“A moving and thought provoking experience that resonated with me long after I walked out of the theatre’s doors.” — Front Row Reviewers