UPCOMING READINGS

1781, THE STORY OF MUMBET

Written and Researched by

LONNIE CARTER and LINDA ROSSI

Directed by

CLINTON TURNER DAVIS

1781, The Story of MumBet, tells the story of MumBet, the first enslaved person to win her freedom in 1781 Massachusetts.

TWO NEW PLAYS

Written 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.

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?

MYTH MURDER

A New Play by

BETH HENLEY

Directed by

LISA PETERSON

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.

STELLA MARIS

A New Play by

LEN JENKIN

Directed by

LEN JENKIN

Stella, a young woman who wants to know why things are the way they are, why there is so much suffering in the world, searches from her mother’s graveside to the Land of Shades to El Dorado. She meets language terrorists, the Queen of the Underground, ghosts, the Manster, Madame Zaza, and others who join her on her journey.