Readings

  • The Word

    As part of our mission to foster the development of new plays, The Road hosts readings on Mondays at 7:30pm that are open to the public and tickets are pay what you can. Readings are followed by a talkback with the playwright (if available). Check back often for new additions to the lineup and make sure to follow us for updates and reminders.

    • November 24th, 7.30pm

      ARE YOU STILL THERE ?

      Written by Adam Kraar
      Directed by Dana Schwartz

      FEATURING: Frank Collison, Lauren Schaffel, Laura Gardner    

      ARE YOU STILL THERE? is a seriocomedy tracking the 13 year relationship of two outsiders:  Artie, an aging teacher who’s been driven out of his classroom; and Ellie, a spiritually lost young woman desperate for a mentor.  Artie, a former actor and director, reluctantly advises Ellie on her checkered theater career, but the real lessons Artie and Ellie learn from each other are the mysteries of friendship, their ache for the families they never had, and why they’re obsessed with the plays of Anton Chekhov.
    • December 15th, 7.30pm

      GREY HOUSE

      Written by Nate Simpson and Kelsey Ann Wacker
      Directed by Kelsey Ann Wacker
      FEATURING: Chantal Thuy, Nate Simpson, Vivien Ngô, Joseph Baena, Hilary Bass, Rob Nagle, Elyse Dinh
       
      GREY HOUSE – A suburban horror story. On the outskirts of Kansas City, the lives of two Millennial newlyweds are upended by a ghostly possession after moving into a McMansion they can’t afford. Haunted by financial collapse and the specter of late stage capitalism, this new play asks what it means to be an American when the American Dream is dead.
    • February 23rd, 7.30

      OF LIFE AND TIMES - A Love Story

      Written by Janet Chamberlain
      Directed by Dana Schwartz
      FEATURING:
       
      Joy reluctantly returns to her ancestral home to care for her estranged mother, who has had a stroke.  Things don’t go as planned, and mother and daughter are forced to confront their lifetime of differences, with a little help from their ancestors.  This is the story of two generations of mothers and daughters, past and present, and how their lives intertwine.  Is there anything to be learned from what came before us?  Can we change the course of our lives, and those that come after us?  A play of spirit, forgiveness and letting go.
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