Creative Works of Lancaster Brings “Dead Inside” to Life

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Gwen Tulin & Lydia Brubaker

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Theatergoers in Lancaster are in for a unique experience this October as Creative Works of Lancaster presents the world premiere of Dead Inside, a new play by local playwright Gwen Tulin. Known for its innovative approach to performance, Creative Works specializes in nomadic theater, bringing productions to unconventional spaces around the city.

“So we don’t have a home building or base,” explained Lydia Brubaker, Executive Director of Creative Works of Lancaster. “We go to different locations around town. We’ve performed in parks, bars, restaurants—even a McDonald’s—and cemeteries. One of our favorite venues is the Lancaster Cemetery. We also use traditional theater spaces as well.”

Founded in 2010, Creative Works grew out of a grassroots collective of local creatives who sought to enrich Lancaster’s arts scene while keeping overhead low during the financial challenges of 2008. “We started as an idea for an arts center,” Brubaker said. “But we decided to keep our overhead minimal and focus on site-specific theater. Over the past 15 years, we’ve grown tremendously and completed countless projects.”

Gwen Tulin, whose play Dead Inside explores the delicate balance between grief, humor, and the supernatural, described her work as “a family drama that’s tender, funny, and also a ghost story. It has fast-paced, contemporary dialogue, which I think is really important for connecting with audiences today.”

Tulin shared that the play had been a long-time project, finally taking shape through her involvement with the Lancaster Dramatist Platform, a Creative Works initiative. “Previously, I was mostly a performer and music director, and the project was scattered. When I moved to Lancaster, I had a space to focus as a writer, and the play finally came together.”

On balancing the humor, grief, and ghostly elements in the script, Tulin said, “There are a lot of funny people for whom bad things happen, and they don’t lose who they are while navigating that experience. That’s what I want to happen on stage—the audience experiences all these emotions in a rhythm that feels real and engaging.”

Dead Inside will be performed October 23-27 in a real haunted kitchen at The Liberty Venue in downtown Lancaster, promising audiences a site-specific, immersive theatrical experience that blends family drama, laughter, and a touch of the supernatural.