PLAY READINGS
curated by Ellen Chorley
talkbacks lead by Hayley Moorhouse
featuring Bhéy Pastolero, Alana Hill, Nathaniel Tesfaye, Ali Mohammad Khowaja, Pauline Miki, Chrissie Palacious, Moses Kouyaté, Emily Thorne, Will McIntosh, Robyn Clark
Play Readings 1
Rehearsal Hall Theatre @ the Roxy
Saturday, June 7 at 11:00 am Audience talkback will be held after the performance.
Lightweight
written by Erin Ochoa Whelan
In a run down privately owned gym that is definitely not a front for money laundering, a disparate group of employees try to figure out their lives.
Solanine Theatre presents
Carmilla: A Modern Romance
written by Victoria deJong
Laura finds companionship amid her lonely life of domesticity in Carmilla, her husband’s cousin, who comes to stay with them for the summer. Even as Carmilla’s presence grows increasingly unsettling, Laura can’t help but find something alluring about the intense, glamorous woman. Inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 novella of the same name, Carmilla is a story of obsession, manipulation, and desire.
Play Readings 2
Rehearsal Hall Theatre @ the Roxy
Sunday, June 8 at 11:00 am Audience talkback will be held after the performance.
86d
written by Danielle Panizzon
At a mid-tier restaurant with delusions of fine dining, a group of young adults navigate personal relationships and life crises. This one act dramedy explores the stressful, funny, and often absurd reality of what happens behind the scenes during a shift at your local restaurant.
Terminal
written by Nico Maiorana
Two strangers and an unusually large wooden crate find themselves on a bench at a bus terminal. As the minutes tick by and buses come and go, the unlikely duo embark on a discussion that questions: what is the worth of waiting? An absurd question that can only be met with absurd circumstances.
Play Reading 3
Rehearsal Hall Theatre @ the Roxy
Saturday, June 14 at 2:00 pm Audience talkback will be held after the performance.
DIS-CONNECTED
written by Amy Roy Gratton
featuring recordings of original songs written and performed by Amy Roy Gratton
Three generations of one family explore their feelings of loneliness as they navigate their lost identity caused by the on-set of dementia. This musical explores their lives, hopes, and relationship with one another as they try to make sense of their new reality.
Play readings 4
Rehearsal Hall Theatre @ the Roxy
Sunday, June 15 at 1:00 pm Audience talkback will be held after the performance.
Näcken
written by Liz Jansen
In 18th-century Germany, Greta, a spoiled and vain aristocrat, moves through life with effortless entitlement—until the cracks in her world begin to show. Desperate to undo Greta’s psyche, her handmaiden schemes to send her deep into the woods to seek counsel from a reclusive witch. But magic is unpredictable, and as Greta’s fate is twisted by forces beyond her control, she must confront the consequences of her cruelty before the darkness consumes her entirely.
Joan and Nora Theatre presents
FRANKENSTEIN: A post-modern Prometheus
written by Madi May
In the near future, conservative thought and ideals reign supreme. Vic Frankenstein, a homeschooled savant, becomes obsessed with the study of cells. The ability to create life is the foundation of family – and Vic is convinced that life is hidden away in a molecule that can be created. Desperate to change her world, Vic becomes obsessed with her research – and her potential creation.