BRADFORD, Pa. – Students at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will perform two short plays by acclaimed British playwright Caryl Churchill, “Glass” and “What If If Only,” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12-14 and 2 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Studio Theater of Blaisdell Hall.

Tickets are $6 for the public, $4 for faculty and staff, and $2 for students.

“Glass” is a modern, miniaturist fairy tale about the perils of growing up.  A girl made of glass sits on a shelf because her family thinks she is to be looked at but not touched. She knows that is not how the world works, but her shelf-mates – Vase, Plastic Dog and Clock – are no help on this journey of being broken.

“What If If Only” is a slightly longer piece.  It reimagines the stages of grief as a haunting, surreal ghost story about dead futures. It premiered in September 2021 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, and both “Glass” and “What If If Only” were staged in 2025 at The Public Theater in New York as part of a quartet of Churchill’s short plays.

Churchill is widely considered one of the greatest living playwrights. Theater critic Michael Billington has described her recent works as “cosmic minimalism,” short in stage time but epic in scope and implication.

The ensemble features Pitt-Bradford students Gianna Addotta, an interdisciplinary arts major from Bradford; Devon Brown, a nursing major from Philadelphia; Mashayla Eggers, a forensic science major from Bradford; Kendall Ginkel, in interdisciplinary arts major from Kane; Sebastian Horne, an interdisciplinary arts major from Elliotsburg; Cianie Jefferson, an interdisciplinary arts major from Philadelphia; and Mamady Traoré, an applied mathematics major from Upper Darby. Dr. Kevin Ewert, professor of theater, directs.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit upb.pitt.edu/TheArts or call the Bromeley Family Theater box office at 814-362-5113.