The Phillips’ Mill Community Association’s Drama Committee will present a workshop production of Morphology, a new play written by award-winning playwright Jillian Blevins and directed by Griffin Horn for its annual Premiere Showcase Series on July 24-27 at Phillips’ Mill in New Hope, Pa.

The production marks a homecoming for the locally born Blevins who returns with this family drama about Claudia, a mother who must make decisions about the future of her nonverbal autistic teenage son, Nico. Although Nico may not speak to her in words, the two have developed an intuitive understanding of each other, deeper perhaps even than any other connections in Claudia’s life, whether that’s the customers Claudia attends to in her job at a bank, or her mother, Arlene, who is encouraging her to send Nico to an institution. But would an institution be able to understand Nico’s world the way that she does?

In 2024, Blevins’s play Mere Waters received the Golden Prize at the Clauder Competition, Best Script at the SheNYC Festival, an Honorable Mention for the American Playwriting Foundation’s Relentless Award, and was named a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference.

Currently in rehearsal, Morphology will feature artists making their debut at the Mill, as well as returning veterans. This workshop production is directed by Griffin Horn, who previously directed Premiere Showcase productions of Voices by Joy Nash, The Half of It by Domenick Scuedera, and Promises to Keep: A Yuletide Ceremony, all at the Mill.

Performances are July 24, 25, and 26 at 7 p.m., with a matinee on Sunday, July 27 at 3 pm. The July 25 show will be a Relaxed Performance, with modified production elements that will provide better access for audience members with sensory differences.

Tickets are $25 and $30. Visit phillipsmill.org.