The Dead Letter Office
reading + performance + ongoing generative writing workshop
>>> Next meeting of The Dead Letter Office <<<
Monday, April 14
7 pm
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
1127 North Ave Ste 27
Burlington, VT 05408
This free community event is part of the Off Center’s Hatch Series, made possible with support from the Burlington City Arts Community Fund.
We will gather to hear the letters we receive and attempt to file them into one of three categories:
POLITICS
SEX
RELIGION
Submit your own Dead Letter in advance or bring it with you. You are invited to read it or ask a member of the staff to step up on your behalf.
Plus! Bring a notebook and pencil (analog preferred but you do you). We’re going to do a mini writing workshop session to wrap the eve.
WTF is The Dead Letter Office?
When magic ruled the U.S. Postal Service, there was an entire division devoted to receiving and, if possible, rerouting undeliverable, non-returnable mail. “Dead letter detectives” did their best to carry senders’ missives as far as they could go; unsuccessful attempts would be shelved for posterity and eventually sold.
After the death of magic in the 1990’s*, The Dead Letter Office was rebranded as the Mail Recovery Division, with centers in disparate locations. Time for another re-org, America!
Incensed by global dumpster fires? Want to conjure a character and let them take the wheel? Got a hot tip for future you? Write a letter. The Dead Letter Office Staff will help it get where it needs to go, with the audience’s help.
Writers will either read their own work or area actors, comedians, and performers will step up on their behalf.
Write a letter, send it in, read it — or just come watch. Join us!
*We stand by the inclusion of this clause, though it is wholly unsubstantiated here. - TDLO Staff
