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The Reading Series projects are intended as public readings of a developing script, with no more than 4 rehearsals, and no technical support. There will be no design beyond chairs, cubes, actors’ own dress, and available lighting. They are typically presented in Room 172.
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2024-25 Reading Series
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Adaku
Monday, September 30, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Adaku
By Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe '25
Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Room 172, Theatre Building
In 1979 Nigeria, a good man's sudden death in a hunting accident leaves his widow in a mourning chair. Their daughter, Adaku, seeks to bring honor to her community, but soon discovers the unwritten rules that govern her destiny as a woman, and even more so, as an Igbo woman.
Please be advised this play features characters with 1970s-era biases and language...
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Sundown on Eternity
Monday, October 7, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Sundown on Eternity
By Darrin Terpstra
The end of days has come and gone, and the Lord has seen fit to give Judas a second chance. Too bad Judas is too busy having an existential crisis to appreciate it. Who knew a few eons in Hell could mess with someone's mind?
Please be advised this play contains discussions of suicide, Christianity.
Playwrights Workshop Reading: In the Clouds
Monday, October 14, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: In the Clouds
By Xiaoyan Kang
Shiqi stalks her sister on Instagram.
Please be advised this reading contains mention of school bullying, harassment, anxiety over body image, and mental health concerns.
Playwrights Workshop Reading: POP!
Monday, October 21, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: POP!
by Cianon Jones '26
A forest. In a forest. We're in a forest. Counting.
Please be advised this play contains depictions and/or descriptions of the following: life so likely death; death so likely destruction; destruction so likely blood; blood so birth; birth so life. Animal cruelty, human cruelty, murder, carnage, and questionable things of the natural and unnatural worlds.
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Salt Tongue
Monday, October 28, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Salt Tongue
by Eli Campbell '25
It's 1615 on an island off the coast of Ireland, and Fintan has caught the last fish in the sea. When he finds a man washed ashore that same day, he assumes Rossa must be a shipwrecked sailor and takes him home to recover. But things turn strange the longer Rossa stays, and soon the family that's adopted him must decide whether they've made the right decision.
Please be advised this reading contains content relating to suspense...
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Terminal
Monday, November 4, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Terminal
By Emily Kaufman-Bell
This is the story of two sisters. It is sad but it is also beautiful.
Please be advised this reading contains depictions of cancer and death.
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Tierra Olvidada (Forgotten Land)
Monday, November 11, 2024 5:30pm
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Tierra Olvidada (Forgotten Land)
By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga
Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Room 172, Theatre Building
Follow the journey of Marco, as he embarks to the homeland of his father in search of a past he was never taught. What will he find in those hills of Chalatenango? And will his journey finally help him understand the man his father was?
Please be advised this play contains depictions of war and death.
This reading is free and open to all.