The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform will present a reading of "Betty Clemmer," a new play by local playwright David Nice, on Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m. in the Programming Space on the second floor of the Lancaster Public Library in Ewell Plaza, 151 N. Queen St., Lancaster. The event is hosted in partnership with Creative Works of Lancaster and Lancaster Public Library.

The play focuses on a 20th-century Mennonite woman who navigates a long path to independence and fulfillment, as well as her son, who tries to reconstruct the truth of her life from memory and family history.

Nice's play will be presented readers theater style, with the actors reading from the script. The participants will be Libby Casey Stauffer, Elliot Sterenfeld, Rasha Clark, Cara Ditzler, Chris Fogel, Timothy Riggs, John Rohrkemper, Chet Williamson, and Moxie Miller.

David Nice's plays have been produced by Creative Works of Lancaster; Reading Theater Project; Gamut Theatre Group; Winters Theatre Company (CA); and Playwrights' Round Table (PRT) in Orlando, Fla. Other plays by Nice have been selected, developed, or presented as staged readings by York College of Pennsylvania, Maryland Ensemble Theatre (METLab), Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas, Fulton Theatre, Theater of the Seventh Sister, Albright College, Lancaster Dramatists' Platform, and Creative Works of Lancaster.

The reading is free and open to the public. The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform relies on the support of the community. For more information about the performance and how to donate, email lancasterdramatists@gmail.com.