2020-2021 Reading Series!
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, our New Works in Action program has moved to a virtual meeting space on our YouTube Account.
Access to our readings is FREE and we invite our audience to stay for a talk-back with actors, director and playwright. Join us at the appointed time. Do not miss this opportunity since these virtual readings will only be available for a limited time.
By joining us for these readings, you help keep theater alive. We have more new scripts waiting in the wings. We hope you will consider making a donation now and help keep New Works in Action streaming!
Access to our readings is FREE and we invite our audience to stay for a talk-back with actors, director and playwright. Join us at the appointed time. Do not miss this opportunity since these virtual readings will only be available for a limited time.
By joining us for these readings, you help keep theater alive. We have more new scripts waiting in the wings. We hope you will consider making a donation now and help keep New Works in Action streaming!
THE IMPOSSIBLE PLAY CYCLE
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JANUARY 14-17
Water Doesn't Kill by Alaina Messineo
Directed by Craig Baldwin
With Beth Hylton, KenYatta Rogers, Joe Mucciolo and Ariel Russell
A mother yearns to communicate with her dead daughter through dreams and dives deep -- maybe too deep.
*Warning: This play deals with death and suicide
*Warning: This play deals with death and suicide
JANUARY 21-24
The Devil Exclusive by Jeff Dunne
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Welcome to Hell!: An Orientation by Bridget Grace Sheaff
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JANUARY 28-31
The World Is Sand by Jacob T. Zack
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History of Love by Robert Bowen Smith
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In November, we presented:
NOVEMBER 19-22
By A Lady by Laura Shamas
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The Very Furious Kugel by Clare Bierman
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Jane Austen delivers an oration on the dangers of vampirism, complete with free garlic cloves.
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Your grandfather was visited by a malevolent demon yesterday, and they really did not hit it off. Worst of all, now you don't get to have any leftover kugel.
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NOVEMBER 27-30
Run Out of Sky by Leslie Bramm
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A Dog Is a Creature of a Nose by Emma Gibson
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A poem for theater. Like an air traffic controller, a woman navigates her married love. A jetliner in sudden danger becomes a marriage on course to crash and burn.
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Beth has a dog. A fantastic casserole of a dog. The spaniel makes her loyal. The pit bull makes her fierce, and the bloodhound makes her hunt.
And today she’s onto a passionate scent. |
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