The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform will present a reading of "The Onboarding Testimonial," a new play by award-winning playwright Bruce Walsh, on Saturday, July 27. The event will take place at 11 a.m. at the Franklin & Marshall College Philadelphia Alumni Writers House, 633 College Ave., Lancaster. It is co-sponsored by Creative Works of Lancaster.

The play, set in 2070, features a corporate human resources department that discovers that none of the current staff members is capable of creating personal statements without AI assistance. The department seeks to hire an elderly millennial to help.

Since Walsh received his Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Indiana University Bloomington in 2017, his plays have been produced across the country, winning the Heideman Award, the Kennedy Center's Gary Garrison National Ten Minute Play Award, and the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. Previously, he was a longtime arts reporter for the Philadelphia Metro and City Paper. He currently teaches literature, creative writing, and theater at Messiah University and Elizabethtown College. Walsh has been selected as a 2025 William Inge Center playwright in residence, giving him the opportunity to live in Inge's boyhood home for five weeks.

The reading is free and open to the public, with donations accepted to help cover expenses. For more information, email lancasterdramatists@gmail.com or visit http://www.lancasterdramatists.org.

The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform was formed in 2005 and has presented many plays by various members, several of which have been developed into fully staged productions. The group meets biweekly to read and discuss new work, as well as to plan and rehearse public readings, giving playwrights a chance to hear their words performed by actors in front of an audience. More information is available at the aforementioned website or by emailing the previously mentioned address.

Creative Works of Lancaster is a nonprofit organization providing nomadic theatrical encounters in and around the city of Lancaster. Its mission is to nurture and promote creative opportunities throughout the community. To learn more, visit http://www.creativelancaster.org.