Our 3rd 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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Reading date: July 28, 6:00PM
The divide between Kendra and Betty mimics the very world that devours them: a vast and polarizing abyss. On a quiet summer evening, somewhere down in the Alabama Delta, Kendra and Betty troll the flats looking for red fish. After Betty begins diagnosing Kendra’s dead-end life with career picks from What Color is Your Parachute?, their routine fishing excursion takes a violent turn.
Contains Strong Language and Mature Themes.
Call our box office to reserve seats 800.657.7025 or email: tickets@commonwealtheatre.org
COMING SOON
Reading date: Sep 22, 6:00PM
Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small.
Contains Strong Language and Mature Themes.
Call our box office to reserve seats 800.657.7025 or email: tickets@commonwealtheatre.org
Reading date: Dec 8, 6:00PM
Eelpout is a fast-paced, surreal farce, where friends are lovers, fish can talk, and life’s mysteries beckon from the bottom of a frozen lake. Sven Svensen and Ole Olsen have been best buds since kindergarten, but all that changes on the morning of Ole’s ice-fishing bachelor party. Could they be something more than friends, or is Sven destined for something even more wild and strange? This fantasia on Midwestern masculinity invites us to consider the limits of Queerness. Naturally, this includes a dream ballet Eelpout Orgy!
Contains Strong Language and Mature Themes.
Call our box office to reserve seats 800.657.7025 or email: tickets@commonwealtheatre.org
