UPCOMING READINGS
MYTH MURDER
A New Play by
BETH HENLEY
Directed by
JAKI BRADLEY
In Myth Murder, a 2024 Ojai Playwrights Conference Finalist, Sis Cox and Holly Tant meet in Romania when they are barely young. Their greed to love and be loved results in the senseless murder of a stranger. The thrill and horror of the incident plagues them like hell hounds throughout the ages. They turn on each other in a lust to end the destruction. In the pulsing starlight of the Stelliferous era unspeakable revenge is sought.
Featuring
CAST TBA
June 5, 2025
Playwrights Downtown
440 Lafayette
3:00pm
THE LADY HAMLET
A New Play by
SARAH SCHULMAN
Directed by
STEPHEN BRACKETT
Set in 1920s New York City, The Lady Hamlet watches a duel of divas in a battle to see who will be the first—and best—female Hamlet on Broadway. But which lady will win the offstage hand of the fair Ophelia?
Featuring
CAST TBA
October 11, 2025
Playwrights Downtown
440 Lafayette
3:00pm
SNOW CHECK
and
REMEMBER THE DINOSAUR
New Plays by
MICHAEL WELLER
Directed by
DAVID AUBURN
Snow Check
Decades after a passionate romance, Rena and Lou reunite for an awkward lunch that unearths unresolved feelings, betrayals, and the weight of time. As they circle around the past, Rena reveals her terminal diagnosis and an even more startling request. The play explores how memory, regret, and love collide when mortality demands clarity.
Remember the Dinosaur
In the basement of his longtime home, Eddie prepares to move in with his son while navigating the ghosts of his past. When Gerrard, a former friend and business partner, arrives uninvited during a storm, a tense confrontation unfolds. As night falls, Eddie’s memory falters and Gerrard’s desperation deepens, forcing both men to confront the cost of love, loyalty, and loss.
Featuring
CAST TBA
September 15, 2025
Playwrights Downtown
440 Lafayette
3:00pm