how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma) by j. chavez

EDH Mainstage - Hampshire College

893 West St Emily Dickinson Hall, Amherst, MA 01002

Free Event

Thu, April 3rd, 2025 @ 7:00PM EDT (multiple times available)

Spencer begins to clean their room and reflect on their relationships with the people around them. Who can and can't we control in our lives, does caring mean anything beyond words, and does infatuation go both ways? A play in two cycles with anxiety, depression, and puppets.


Content Warnings:

  • Mental Health Issues – Anxiety & Depression
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse
  • Substances & Substance Abuse – Smoking
  • Transphobia & Misgendering from a Parent
  • Manipulative Behavior
  • Hospitalization
  • Grief & Loss

Please note that this play includes depictions of college party culture, sensory overload/overstimulation, vomiting, and panic attacks. There are also discussions of parental death, self-destructive behavior, and homophobic violence.


Seating/Accessibility

Our seating is general admission "seat yourself" seating by default as our theater is a black box space where the seating varies each show. The seating for how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma) is 5 standard rows of seating on risers and one row of seating on the ground in front of them. Our actors are not wearing mics.


We have reserved three wheelchair spots on the ground row for each performance. If you need to reserve a particular seat including one of our wheelchair spots, a spot in the front row for visual or audio accessibility, space for a service animal, or any other reason please reserve an Accessible Seating ticket and specify what your need is. If you have any questions please email [email protected].


Directions
EDH Mainstage - Hampshire College
893 West St Emily Dickinson Hall
Amherst, MA 01002
413-559-5749