The Dig at Third Avenue Playhouse

Playwright: Marie KohlerMatties brilliant older brother Jamie told her of myths when she was growing up in Galena, Illinois. As a lonely girl of fourteen she said goodbye to Jamie when he flew across the globe for a career in archaeology. On a dig in Lebanon in 1968, he had a psychological breakdown, transforming him forever. Thirty years later, an international inquiry compels Mattie, now a successful businesswoman, to investigate the provenance of an ancient pot from her brothers past. Moving between layers of the 1950s, 60s and 90s, THE DIG dramatizes Matties belated realization of her loss and acceptance of who her brother has become. Ms. Kohler will be in residence for the production.