←Recommendations of The Caldera

Sarah Saltwick's grounded, road trip drama of two best friends opens up into a magical space that envisions the road ahead. Sarah navigates questions of reproductive freedom, state oppression and the possibilities of youth with humor and compassion.

Sarah Saltwick's beautiful play The Caldera is timely and infinitely produceable. Navigating questions about abortion, autonomy, friendship and love the play never feels heavy-handed or simplistic. These are complex characters navigating complex questions with humor and courage. Sarah's slow-burn into theatrical magic lets the play stay grounded in reality while reaching into the mythic.

God, there was a time when this play read like sci-fi. It CERTAINLY doesn't now. A prescient play, that unwinds slowly, managing to feel truthful, grounded and mythic all at once. It's deft, and an interesting angle in on a topic that a LOT of us are trying to figure out how to make theater about.

We are pleased to support this play! It was a Finalist for the 2023 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “The Caldera” by Sarah Saltwick as a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Premiere Play Festival. “The Caldera” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 40 Semi-Finalists out of 701 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s well-seeded, organic dialogue and the collision of magical realism and hard reality. Our congratulations and thanks to Sarah.