On April 26, HB Studio will present a staged reading of David Deblinger’s play Implicit Memory Systems: A Jungian Farce (a LAByrinth Theater Barn Series 2025 selection), directed by Dina Janis, with Francesca Ferrara, Mark Nelson, Marlon Quijije, and Deblinger reading.
David Deblinger‘s Implicit Memory Systems: A Jungian Farce
Saturday, April 26 at 7:00 PM
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
Pay-What-You-Wish, $30 Recommended
From the mind of David Deblinger, HB Studio instructor and co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company, comes a story of facing our future by re-embracing our childlike beginnings.
HB Studio is excited to present a staged reading of Deblinger’s Implicit Memory Systems: A Jungian Farce. This continues the work’s development after being chosen for LAByrinth’s 25th Annual Barn Series. This staged reading will be directed by Dina Janis (Artistic Director of the Dorset Theatre Festival, 2010-2023) and Neil Tyrone Pritchard (LAByrinth’s Associate Artistic Director). The evening features performances by Deblinger (Power, Sex and the City), HB faculty member Francesca Ferrara (Mad Men, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty), Obie Award-winner Mark Nelson (Law and Order, Spin City), and Marlon Quijije (Blue Bloods, Law and Order).
Morris is a family man, but it’s not going so well. He can’t control the triggers that set off his moments of rage. This conflict has ruined his marriage, set a bad example to his son of what a man should be, and left him with a life he no longer thinks is worth living. Marooned and unstable, Morris sets off on a spiritual journey into the ocean of his unconscious, accompanied by two guides who appear in the semblance of his dead parents. Morris wants to let go of his ego and live more in the moment, to better own what he is becoming. His parents, traumatized by their own loss, offer an answer from the beyond: play.
Can pain turn into joy through the simple magic of spontaneous, free, creative playtime? Can fear fuel a way of playing that encourages us to connect, love, and live more fully? Desperate and frightened, Morris prepares to take the biggest risk of his life by simply letting go.
This one-night-only staged reading of a new work from a major American performance company premieres at HB Playwrights Theater with a pay-what-you-wish ticket price. Don’t miss Implicit Memory Systems: A Jungian Farce, live and in-person, on Saturday, April 26 at 7:00pm.