By day he teaches science at The Park School on Old Court Road. But on some nights, Rich Espey puts on his theater hat as an actor and playwright on stages in Baltimore and surrounding areas. Last week, the play, which won the Baltimore Playwrights Festival’s best play award last year, opened at Venus Theater in Laurel. It runs through April 28.
The play opens with the title character in Espey’s “Following Sarah,” training for a race that will end tragically. Espey said he was sparked to write the play when he was a teacher and cross country coach in Atlanta 20 years.