Arbor

Thursday, February 19th, 7:30pm at Barter's Smith Theatre

Set in an arboretum over the course of one summer and fall, Arbor follows a group of workers wrestling with a range of dilemmas:  Marge is estranged from her daughter and desperate to connect, Bill can’t get visitors to follow the simple, clearly posted rules, and Carol Ann just wants to take a swim in the pond.   As the seasons shift and the workers’ conflicts grow no closer to resolving, the play examines how we all navigate uncertainty, growth, and transformation.

Written by: Catherine Epstein

Catherine Epstein is a playwright based in Virginia. Her plays include ARBOR (Finalist for the 2024 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting; Huntington Theatre Company's 2022 Breaking Ground Festival of New Work; Grand Prize Winner of the 2023-2024 Emerging Artists New Play Festival at the Renaissance Theatre), OXBOW (Huntington Theatre Company's 2023 Summer Workshop), ALLEMANSRÄTTEN (Forward Theater's 2023 Monologue Festival), and ORCHARD (2022 Dream Boston Commission). Catherine was awarded a 2025 Interdisciplinary Residency from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, a 2023 Tennessee Williams Playwriting Scholarship at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and a 2022 residency from the Catwalk Art Institute. She is a Huntington Playwriting Fellow from the 2019-2022 cohort, and she is a member of the Dramatists Guild.