STAGEWORKS STAGED READINGS the first Tuesday (exceptions noted below) of the month at 7:30 pm
11/1/2022 Lysistrata by Arisophanes (Ball and Chemers). Women of Sparta band together to declare a moratorium on sex until their partners figure out how to end a 20-year war. First produced in 411 BCE.
11/15/2022 Orphans by Lyle Kessler. A moving drama about the universal love of a father for his son, and a son’s need to live his own life.
12/6/2022 Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson. About Ada Lovelace, a fiery, brilliant woman who wrote the first computer program and imagined that computers would make music… in 1830.
1/3/2023 Somewhere in Between by Craig Pospisil. A quirky, romantic comedy told in 10 scenes. A smart, clever, contemporary piece of theater.
2/7/2023 Imagine Drowning by Terry Johnson. A wife who sets out to find her missing journalist husband stays in the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre collection of characters.
3/7/2023 An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen; translated by Arthur Miller. A scientist stands against an entire town, including his mayor brother, when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
4/4/2023 The Muckle Man by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. This dramatic thriller is part horror story, part myth; mixes science with folklore with a chilling effect.
5/2/2023 Women Doing… Bringing back an AE favorite! Some of your favorite women performing some of their favorite classic excerpts.
6/6/2023 Betty’s Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang. With sand between her toes, walking a thin line between sanity and survival, poor Betty will leave her summer vacation more terrorized than tan.
7/5/2023 Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. As acting students experiment with theater games, their real offstage lives gradually infiltrate the classroom, revealing insights and transformations both humorous and heartbreaking.
8/1/2023 Buried Child by Sam Shepard. The drama that launched Shepard to national fame.
8/22/2023 The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman. An angry student accuses the two headmistresses at her boarding school of having a lesbian affair, which leads to the destruction of the women’s careers, relationships, and lives. First produced in 1934.
