SURPRISE!!! Before Not Enough Dark makes its debut, we are so excited to be producing a staged reading of The Ruins, written by Mae Philippe-Auguste and directed by Shira Holtz.
We first interacted with The Ruins as a closed stage reading as part of our In The Works series, and we are so thrilled to be producing its next stage of development!
Auditions are now open!!! Find out more here and audition using this link!
About The Ruins:
After the climate disaster has led to the wealthy colonizing Mars, the working class are left to fend for themselves on a post-apocalyptic Earth. With most of the human population dead, a small number of survivors are left scattered in the remains of the Earth: The Ruins.
After struggling for too long, a small community of survivors is planning to trip on psilocybin mushrooms before ending their own lives, but their plan is interrupted when an outsider arrives. Can she convince them to stay, to rebuild and start again? Or will she join them?
The Ruins explores living in the results of the climate crisis and the cost to humanity that comes with that, as well as some things that will never change: the grief when you lose a loved one, struggles with mental illness, forming community with those you’ve found, and the yearning to do better, to make a better world, than those who came before you.
2026-2027 Season
We are so excited to announce the first full production of our 2026-2027 season!!! Members of Amalgamation’s Too Much Light… ensemble return to create Not Enough Dark, which will premiere in the Lehigh Valley.
About Not Enough Dark:
Joy is resistance. Celebration is protest. Not Enough Dark is an interactive skit-style performance, with pieces ranging from comedy to tragedy, from literal to bizarre, and from 30 seconds to five minutes. This theatrical experiment strives to reveal the connective tissues that bring us all together in a time where destructive forces want to take everything from us. Not Enough Dark serves as a moment in time where we invite you to celebrate our queerness, our diversity, our varied experiences, to laugh and cry and hope together for a better tomorrow.
Not Enough Dark is inspired by Amalgamation Theatre Collective’s production of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), created by Greg Allen and originally performed by the Neo-Futurists.
Currently at Amalgamation:
In The Works:
A Continuous Virtual Play Reading Series
Important Playwright Update: Due to overwhelming submissions, the Playwright Form is temporarily closed. Please check back in September 2026 when we anticipate reopening the form! Playwrights who have already submitted their plays will hear from us individually as we review submissions.
Actor auditions are still open! The audition form can be found here.
As part of our initiative to support new work, we are proud to be producing In The Works, an ongoing virtual play reading series for playwrights to hear their new works performed by actors.
This continuous series aims to provide playwrights with the chance to hear their plays aloud, to receive feedback on their work in a constructive environment, and to share a space with actors and network while developing new work! Since these readings take place virtually, this opportunity is available to playwrights and actors regardless of location.
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