Our 5th Annual Playreading Series

We read a lot of plays at the Commonweal, hundreds per year and only 5 make it to the main stage. A lot of stories are left off. Stories that we love and would love to share, stories that have had an impact on us and stories we want to talk about. We thought the Playreading Series would be a chance to bring some of these stories to you and have that conversation. Each year we’ll pick a 2-3 plays and have a conversation. Always free, always worth talking about. Call our box office to reserve seats and check out this year’s offerings below.

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It’s 22 years into the future, and honeybees are nearly extinct, except for those kept alive in labs. When a shocking event leads to an even more shocking boost in bee populations, an overqualified new lab assistant, Zora, and her talkative co-worker Pilar must decide just how far they’ll go to keep the population growing… and the whole thing under wraps from their overstressed, budget-conscious supervisor, Gwen.

Sunday, October 4th @ 6:00pm

For your free tickets, email [email protected] or call (800) 657-7025.

Prior Readings

Danny’s a white, blue-collar, New York City sanitation worker. Marlowe’s the Black, Ivy-educated newbie who just joined his route. As their lives become increasingly intertwined, these two essential workers from different worlds discover there’s more that binds them than picking up the trash.

A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.