Bethel Park Falls

  • Comedy/Drama
  • Full-length play, 80-90 minutes
  • 2 f, 2 m, 1 any (5-17 actors possible: 2-15 f, 2-15 m)
The residents of the small town of Bethel are facing a crisis: Their beloved park has been sold out from under them and it's sending their lives into a tailspin. In nine interconnected vignettes, sixteen locals grapple with the loss of jobs, homes, and spouses, but find love, courage, and forgiveness as the park magically transforms through four seasons of the year in a single day. From a tired security guard trying get home to her kids, to a young mayor in over his head, to a nostalgic fisherman who can't seem to catch anything, everyone takes a fall... and picks themselves up again. Bethel Park Falls draws a group of complex, fascinating, funny people together into one poignant story about the spaces where communities connect.​

Published by Playscripts

Script sample available to read online through Playscripts. Full production history available at Playscripts.


Production photo of two female cast members of Bethel Park Falls sitting on a low wall outdoors in a park.Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of a standing man shaking hands with a seated man outside in a park.
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of a woman standing while a figure with a fishing pole looks on, outdoors in a park
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of a standing man turning to look at a seated man playing the guitar in the park.
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of three cast members seated on a low stone wall outside, as the middle woman turns her face to the sky.
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of cast member outdoors in tree pose.
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
"... Intimate, character driven, and theatrical... a perfect union of story and space..."
—John McDaid, 
​Broadway World
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of two cast members .stretching outdoors
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.
Production photo from Bethel Park Falls of two crouching cast members holding hands and looking at each other, outdoors in a park.
Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, New York (2018). Credit: MDH Photography.