Staged Play Readings 2018-19

Kennedy’s Children by Robert Patrick

Directed by Warren Sampson

This is an evocative drama of American idealism and the tragic fallout from the euphoria of the 1960s. Five lost souls are gathered in a bar, Valentine’s Day, 1974: Wanda, a secretary-turned-schoolteacher, keeping John Kennedy’s memory alive despite the inevitable slurs; Sparger, an actor grown bitter and cynical as New York’s vital underground theatre movement becomes a commercial wasteland; Rona, a political activist who sees the movement collapsing from self-indulgence and apathy; Mark, a Vietnam veteran, now a confused, dissipated drug addict; and Carla, a dipsomaniacal actress channeling Marilyn Monroe. Through distinctive, compelling monologues, the author limns both the birth and the end of an era and its dreams.

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov

Directed by Kayleigh Michelle

In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov  suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena  declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences.

Chalk by Walt McGough

Directed by Betsey Manzoni

Maggie survived the end of the world, and has enough supplies to last. But now her daughter has come home, and something’s wrong about her. The two women square off, kept apart only by their pasts and a protective chalk circle, hastily drawn on to the floor.

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