In Under Construction, The Constructivists pair playwrights with directors and actors for a workshop process that culminates in a live reading with an audience. For this season’s reading, they have chosen Josiah Thomas Turner's "Eliza on the Ice." The reading, directed by Malaina Moore and featuring Ayanna Ellzey and Max Williamson, will be a virtual event streamed live on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 7:30pm on The Constructivists YouTube Channel. It is a free event. There will also be a talkback with the artists following the performance.

ABOUT ELIZA ON THE ICE

"Eliza on the Ice" is a psychological thriller set in Slinger, Wisconsin. It's been forty days since Eliza went under. Forty nights since she's seen family, freedom, the light of day. Now today, with a storm on the horizon and time running out, Eliza is determined to make her escape.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Josiah Thomas Turner is an M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Turner received his undergraduate degree in Drama from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. For his first full-length play, Uncle Tom's Nephews, Turner received the 2019 National Undergraduate Playwright Award from the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival and was named runner-up for the Loraine Hansberry Award. The piece was also a semi-finalist for the 2019 Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series. Josiah’s short play, George, Jesse and Mary was named a finalist for the John Cauble Outstanding One-Act Play award. He was also the recipient of the 2019 Ken Ludwig Playwriting Scholarship.