Play/Pen Reading Series at TheaterWorks

PLAY/PEN READING SERIES5 READINGS. 1 WEEKEND. EVERY THEATER-LOVERS DREAM.Discover 5 bold, new plays from some of the most exciting, on-the-horizon voices in the industry. These are playwrights you should know, sharing their plays in the earliest stages of development. Heres your chance to be part of a new works first steps as we craft the theater of tomorrow.The Plays / The PlaywrightsFRIDAY [7/19] in the Studio at TheaterWorks[7:30pm] New Love / Adam Szymkowicz (Ars Nova, South Coast Rep, Playwrights Horizons)While rehearsing a play, two actors fall in love. But the course of true love never did run smooth.SATURDAY [7/20] in the Studio at TheaterWorks[2:30pm] Mentors / Kristen Palmer (New Georges, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Womens Project)Expectant parents, Jenna and Brian are hosting their former theater professor David as he heads to the Berkshires for a job interview. The circumstances surrounding his need for a new position unfurl over drinks and dinner drawing the students and their teacher into a tangle of influence, artistic impulse and desire winding tightly through their present, pasts and futures.[4:30pm] Last Days of William Dale / Aurin Squire (This is Us, The Good Fight, Seattle Public Theater,Barrington Stage)I met a guy in February 2018. We went out on a few dates, became infatuated with each other, and then he died. I was left with a lot of questions. We werent close enough for me to mourn, but we werent strangers either. I didnt know what to do with the unsettled feelingsso I wrote this.[7:30pm] El Borracho / Tony Menses (Two River Theater, Sundance Institute, Ars Nova Play Group)Raul is sick. Raul has not been taking care of himself. Raul drinks because he always drinks. In his final months, hes forced to move in with his ex-wife Alma who now has to care for the man she thought shed never have to see again.SUNDAY [7/21] at Black Eyed Sallys*[4:00pm] Strange Fruit / Jacques Lamarre (I Loved I Lost I Made Spaghetti, Raging Skillet)based on the book by David MargolickHaunted by the photograph of a lynching, an unknown teacher writes a poem, and sets it to music. But how to get it out into the world? By convincing one of Americas most iconic voices to take it on.TicketsFriday & Saturday: $10 / $5 for subscribers*Sunday: $40 / $35 for subscribers. Sundays ticket includes THE WORKS, a pre-event dinner at Black Eyed Sallys. Tax + Gratuity are included. Book your reservation with us.See ALL 5 PLAYS: $60 / $40 for subscribers