Far from your average staged reading, we give our actors just enough blocking, light and sound design to get started and then we let adrenaline do the rest! Yes, there will be scripts in hands, but there will also be bold action and riveting drama.

Content Advisories

Series sponsors: Chard Nelson & Jan Berman, Michael & Gretchen Schnitzer, Bibi Tiphane, Jon Wagner & Lynne Hollingsworth

THIRTY-SIX 

Written by Leah Nanako Winkler

Directed by Michelle Talgarow

In-person performance dates: April 17 & 18

Jenny and David are different. Jenny and David swipe right on Tinder. Jenny and David go on a date. Jenny and David ask each other a set of thirty-six questions that are supposed to lead to love.

THE ANTELOPE PARTY

Written by Eric John Meyer 

Directed by Kieran Beccia

In-person performance dates: July 17 & 18, 2023

Every week, Ben hosts a meetup group for adult fans of My Little Pony. But when an ominous neighborhood watch brigade starts patrolling the streets, fear and paranoia creep into the circle of friendship. A timely new comedy that explores the rise of a new social order and how the currents of history, normalization, and fear can sweep up even the most generous bronies.

(trans)formada

Written by lily gonzales

Directed by linda maria girón

In-person performance dates: September 25 & 26, 2023

Sam is queer, a little trans, and a child of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. They’re trying to figure out how to express their gender − to themselves and to the world. Just as Sam is building the courage to present their gender to their mother, they go to a high school party. Amidst the debauchery, a brave and strange set of rituals ensues. Presented in partnership with Crowded Fire Theater.