Laconia Contemporary Company Announces Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl

From Laconia Contemporary Company

Laconia Contemporary Company is pleased to announce the cast and performance details for Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl. Performances will take place on Friday, Aug. 15, at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Aug. 17, at 2 p.m., at WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. 5th St., Reading. Free parking is available behind the building.

Julia Matthews directs Wohl’s play. In Small Mouth Sounds, six individuals embark on a silent retreat in the woods. “As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect. Filled with awkward humor, this strange and compassionate new play asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us,” from Dramatists Play Service.

The cast features Lydia Brubaker as Judy, Erick Goldsmith as Ned, Adam Kissinger as Teacher, Connor McLaughlin as Jan, Mara Nagle as Alicia, Frith Rooney as Rodney, and Cat Whelan as Joan.

The production team features Margaux Gagnon as stage manager, Kimberly Patterson as dramaturg, Kathy Galtere as properties designer, Mak Sherrid as costume designer, Olivia Holeva as sound designer, and Jimmy Damore as lighting designer and producer.

Tickets can be purchased at laconiatheater.org and can be purchased at three “pick-your-price” tiers: standard ($13), recommended ($15), and pay-it-forward ($17). All seats are general admission.

Small Mouth Sounds is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection (www.dramatists.com).

About Laconia Contemporary Company

Laconia Contemporary Company is Berks County’s newest performing group, dedicated to producing contemporary plays by contemporary writers. Laconia’s inaugural production, Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg, premiered at the WCR Center for the Arts in February 2025. Laconia strives to create new and exciting performance opportunities for multi-disciplinary artists of all ages, to collaborate with artistic groups across the region and create more financially accessible theater production overhead, to foster the creation of additional physical performance and rehearsal spaces in the area, and to introduce the local audience to new and cutting-edge theater and performance experiences.

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