The Children

By Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Patricia Bunce
October 17-19, 2025

Two retired nuclear scientists live in an isolated cottage by the sea as the world around them crumbles. Together they plan to live forever on yogurt and yoga, until an old friend arrives with a frightening request.
“Grips compulsively.”(The Guardian)
“A richly suggestive and beautifully written piece of work … Kirkwood is the most rewarding dramatist of her generation.”(The Independent)

Performance times
Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 18 at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Sunday, Oct. 19 at 2:30 pm
Admission
FREE (with donations greatly appreciated!)
Location
Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Ave., Albany, NY
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Patricia Bunce (Director) holds an M.A. in Theatre/Directing from Penn State University and served as director of the Theatre Arts School and acting teacher with the New York State Theatre Institute. Patricia’s previous directing work includes Camping with Henry and Tom, Chapatti and The Shape of Things (Theater Voices); Tribute and California Suite (Albany Civic Theater); Chapter Two (Schenectady Civic Playhouse); Speed the Plow (UAlbany); Fool for Love (Eighth Step Coffee House); The Glass Menagerie, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Real Inspector Hound and Our Town (The Doane Stuart School); Be Here Now and Red Maple (Curtain Call Theatre).