Thursday, March 26th |
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 |
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By LUCAS HNATH
A one-time-only, live streamed reading of Lucas Hnath's Tony Award-nominated play, featuring: Maria Dizzia (“Orange Is The New Black,” What the Constitution Means to Me national tour) as Nora Helmer Linda Powell (Amazon’s “The Report,” Passage at SoHo Rep) as Anne Marie Stuart Zagnit (Roundabout’s Caroline, or Change; Newsies) as Torvald Helmer Mirirai Sithole (“Black Mirror: Smithereens;” School Girls, or, The African Mean Girls Play) as Emmy Helmer Proceeds benefit Actors Theatre of Louisville and Vineyard Theatre |
Friday, March 27th |
FAMILY FRIDAY |
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ORIGINAL NON-SCRIPTED PROGRAM
Featuring check-ins, interviews, and performances from notable theatrical families, beginning with Tony Award nominees Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) and Kyle Jarrow (The Spongebob Musical), Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Founding Artistic Director of Colt Coeur) and Brian Wiles (Showtime's "Billions"). Proceeds benefit Colt Coeur and The Civilians. |
Sunday, March 29th |
THE PINK UNICORN |
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By ELISE FORIER EDIE
Directed by AMY E. JONES Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Side Show) reprises her solo performance in The Pink Unicorn, a one-time-only, live-streamed reading of Out of The Box Theatrics' production by Elise Forier Edie. Proceeds benefit The Actors Fund and Out of The Box Theatrics |
Wednesday, April 1st |
NORA HIGHLAND |
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By RYAN SPAHN
Featuring TESSA THOMPSON and MICHAEL URIE Directed By CARA PHIPPS Being an openly gay performer remains a scarlet letter. Casting is underway for the Broadway revival of The Romance of Other by the late Nora Highland, and—while the central male character in the play is gay—no one wants an openly gay actor to play him! Nora Highland was a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and was presented in the inaugural Pride Plays at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Proceeds benefit the Broadway Cares COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund and Covenant House New York |
Friday, April 3rd |
FAMILY FRIDAY: LIVE from Putnam County |
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ORIGINAL NON-SCRIPTED PROGRAM
This second installment will feature alums of the Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, including Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird) and her husband Tony Award nominee John Ellison Conlee (The Full Monty), joined by Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin) and Tony Award nominee Derrick Baskin (Ain’t Too Proud). Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Artistic Director of Colt Coeur) and her husband Brian Wiles (Showtimes "Billions") and Tony Award nominee Hunter Bell ([title of show]) will drop in to discuss their new musical Other World. Proceeds benefit Colt Coeur and the Parent Artist Advocacy League COVID Childcare Relief Fund |
Monday, April 6th |
CADILLAC CREW |
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By TORI SAMPSON (If Pretty Hurts..., This Land Was Made)
Featuring DRIA BROWN (Bedlam’s Hamlet/Saint Joan national tour) ASHLEY BRYANT (The Play That Goes Wrong, A Free Man of Color) ANTOINETTE CROWE-LEGACY(Godfather of Harlem) BRONTË ENGLAND-NELSON (Three Tall Women) Directed by CHALIA LA TOUR On the day of a highly-anticipated speech by Rosa Parks at the height of the civil rights movement, four activists in Virginia wonder whether the proclamation of equality for all mankind... includes women? With remarkable insight and unexpected humor, Cadillac Crew reclaims the stories of the forgotten leaders who blazed the trail of desegregation and women’s rights and asks, "When will the world be ready to embrace women in all their capacity?" Proceeds benefit The National Black Theatre and Women In Need |
Thursday, April 9th |
IRONBOUND |
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By Pulitzer Prize winner MARTYNA MAJOK (Cost of Living)
Featuring JOSIAH BANIA (“Elementary”) SHILOH FERNANDEZ (“The Evil Dead,” HBO’s “Euphoria”) MARIN IRELAND (Tony Award nominee for Reasons To Be Pretty, Amazon’s “Sneaky Pete”) MORGAN SPECTOR (HBO’s “The Plot Against America,” “Homeland”) Directed by TYNE RAFAELI (Roundabout’s Usual Girls, Drama Desk nom.) At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, three relationships, and three presidents, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. Pulitzer Prize and Lucille Lortel Award-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s Ironbound is a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to survive in America. Proceeds benefit New York Theatre Workshop and The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) |
Friday, April 17th |
FOUR WOKE BAES |
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By JONATHAN CAREN (The Recommendation, ABC’s “A Million Little Things”)
Featuring MALCOLM BARRETT (NBC’s “Timeless,” AMC’s “Preacher”) EVAN CABNET (Artistic Director of LCT3) NATE CORDDRY (Iceberg at Geffen Playhouse, “Mom”) DANNY PUDI (“Community,” “Mythic Quest”) GAYLE RANKIN (Netflix’s “G.L.O.W.”) Directed by BAFTA nominee SUSANNA FOGEL (The Spy Who Dumped Me, co-writer of Booksmart) Four Woke Baes finds Des and three friends toasting his imminent marriage. Enter Emma, an intellectual writer on the subjects of sex and free love, camping alone in the woods and now obliged to share riverside space with the four men. She’s a spur to debate—about the compromises we make in monogamous partnerships, about the relationship between love and sex—and her radical honesty picks apart the little lies that bind their band together. Proceeds benefit Center Theatre Group and Los Angeles Mission |
Sunday, April 26th |
THE OTHER PLACE |
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By SHARR WHITE (“The Affair,” The True)
Featuring THOMAS KEEGAN (Slave Play) FRANCESCA FERNANDEZ McKENZIE (Gloria: A Life) SENDHIL RAMAMURTHY (“Heroes,” “Covert Affairs”) KATE WALSH (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Umbrella Academy”) Directed by TYNE RAFAELI (Roundabout’s Usual Girls, Drama Desk nom.) Juliana Smithton is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man, and her own health is in jeopardy. Piece by piece, a mystery unfolds as fact blurs with fiction, past collides with present, and the elusive truth boils to the surface. Proceeds benefit The Actors Fund and Dramatists Guild Foundation |
Wednesday, April 29th |
BARCELONA |
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By BESS WOHL (Small Mouth Sounds)
Featuring ALFREDO NARCISO (NBC’s “Manifest,” MCC’s Moscow X6) CAROLINE NEFF (Linda Vista, Airline Highway) Directed by OBIE Award winner TRIP CULLMAN (The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, A Small Fire) What begins as a carefree one-night stand becomes an invitation to danger, as the personal and political intertwine when a drunk American woman in Barcelona goes home with a tall, dark stranger. Proceeds benefit Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Food Bank for New York City |
Friday, May 1st |
RINSE, REPEAT |
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By DOMENICA FERAUD
Featuring DOMENICA FERAUD (“Law & Order: SVU”) MARK FEUERSTEIN (Netflix’s upcoming “The Babysitter’s Club,” “Royal Pains”) JAKE RYAN LOZANO (“When They See Us”) FLORENCIA LOZANO (“One Life To Live,” “Narcos”) PORTIA (The Rose Tattoo, "New Amsterdamn") Directed by KATE HOPKINS In Rinse, Repeat, Rachel comes home after a four-month fight for her life. Initially happy to be reunited with her family, she begins to question whether the place where she felt she most belonged... is what almost killed her. Proceeds benefit Signature Theatre Company and the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) |
Monday, May 4th |
CRYING ON TELEVISION |
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By R. ERIC THOMAS
Featuring CHARLIE BARNETT (“Russian Doll,” “You”) ANTOINETTE CROWE-LEGACY (“Godfather of Harlem”) MIDORI FRANCIS (Usual Girls, Oceans 8) MIRIRAI SITHOLE ("Black Mirror") PERNELL WALKER (Halfway Bitches..., "The Deuce") Directed by KEVIN R. FREE (Eighth Grade) A platonic rom-com with escalating hijinx about four strangers in an apartment building, Crying on Television springs from a chance elevator encounter and ensuing friendship between a video editor and a reality dating show contestant. Proceeds benefit Nashville Repertory Theatre and SAG-AFTRA Foundation |
Friday, May 8th |
HOW TO LOAD A MUSKET |
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By TALENE MONAHON
Featuring CARRIE BRAVER (Airline Highway, The Iceman Cometh) ADAM CHANLER-BERAT (Next to Normal, HBO Max’s new “Gossip Girl”) DAVID CORK (Showtime’s “City On A Hill”) RYAN SPAHN (Gloria, Moscow X6) ANDY TAYLOR (Once) LUCY TAYLOR (“New Amsterdam”) RICH TOPOL (Indecent, Fish in the Dark) NICOLE VILLAMIL (Network) Directed by JAKI BRADLEY Drawing on a series of interviews with Revolutionary and Civil War reenactors, How to Load a Musket offers a unique look at this all-consuming hobby and the people who practice it, as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a national battle over how history is told. Proceeds benefit Less Than Rent Theatre and PPE to NYC |
Friday, May 15th |
THE WAY OF WATER |
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By CARIDAD SVICH
Featuring THOMAS KEEGAN (Slave Play, Harriet) ROBERT GILBERT (The Rolling Stone, Ready Player One) MOLLY GRIGGS (Hello, Dolly!, “Prodigal Son”) MANDI MASDEN (“Bluff City Law,” Saint Joan at MTC, The Light at MCC) Directed by HENRY GODINEZ (Associate Artistic Director, The Goodman Theater) In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, two fishermen and their wives try to cope with the damage done. Proceeds benefit Repertorio Español and The Lark |
Monday, May 18th |
PERMISSION |
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By ROBERT ASKINS (Hand to God)
Featuring STEVEN BOYER (Hand To God, Hustlers) WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER (“The Good Place,” Midsommar) NICOLE LOWRANCE (Dividing The Estate) KRISTEN SIEH (The Bands Visit, Co-Founder THE TEAM) ERIN WILHELMI (To Kill A Mockingbird, The Perks of Being A Wallflower) Directed by MORITZ VON STUELPNAGEL (Present Laughter, Seared) In Permission, Eric and Cyndy are looking for some direction. They’ve decided to follow the lead of their friends Zach and Shelley and make the real life practice of Christian Domestic Discipline the foundation of their marriage. But restructuring their lives and their union according to role play and a new moral code upends everything they know. Proceeds benefit Ensemble Studio Theatre |
Friday, May 22nd |
EUREKA DAY |
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By JONATHAN SPECTOR
Featuring TINA BENKO (“New Amsterdam,” Scenes from a Marriage, Top Girls) ELIZABETH CARTER KK MOGGIE (Passage, Daphne’s Dive) THOMAS JAY RYAN (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Crucible) BRIAN WILES (“Manifest,” “Billions”) Directed by ADRIENNE CAMPBELL-HOLT (Downstairs at Primary Stages, Colt Coeur’s Joan) Carina has just enrolled her son at Eureka Day School in Berkeley, CA, where all decisions are made by consensus— diversity and inclusion are valued, and vaccinations are a personal matter. As a freshman member of the private school’s board of directors—one position is always reserved for a new parent so no one gets too calcified in their thinking—she is thrown into the deep end when a mumps outbreak hits the school, forcing parents to choose between their own personal beliefs and what might be best for the community. The reading will benefit Colt Coeur and No Kid Hungry |
Sunday, May 31st |
TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET |
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By JIREH BERON HOLDER (“New Amsterdam”)
Featuring EBONI FLOWERS (Slave Play) HAMPTON FLUKER (NBC’s “Shades of Blue”) BRANDON GILL (Holler If Ya Hear Me) NNEKA OKAFOR (Our Lady of Kibeho) Directed by MARGOT BORDELON (Do You Feel Anger?, Wives) In Too Heavy for Your Pocket, the Freedom Riders are embarking on a courageous journey into the Deep South in the summer of 1961. When 20 year-old Bowzie Brandon gives up a life-changing college scholarship to join the movement, he’ll have to convince his loved ones—and himself—that shaping his country’s future might be worth jeopardizing his own. The reading will benefit the Family of George Floyd and The Legal Rights Center |
Saturday, June 27th |
BRAIN PROBLEMS |
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By MALCOLM BARRETT
Featuring MALCOLM BARRETT ("Timeless,” "The Boys") MICHAEL FELDMAN ("Deadbeat") KIM HAMILTON ("Battle Creek") TINA HUANG ("Arrow") JASON RYAN LOVETT (Member, Reduced Shakespeare Company) BRIT MANOR ("Star Trek: Picard") BRANDON SCOTT ("This Is Us,” "Goliath") Directed by BERNARDO CUBRIA In Brain Problems, a cynical man, after being diagnosed with the titular condition, copes with his life-altering news by retreating into his imagination.. Proceeds benefit Ammunition Theatre Company |
Saturday July 11th |
THE FEW |
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Written and Directed by SAMUEL D. HUNTER (The Whale, Greater Clements, "Baskets")
Featuring Tony Award nominee GIDEON GLICK (To Kill A Mockingbird, Ocean's 8) MICHAEL LAURENCE (Appropriate, "Damages") TASHA LAWRENCE (Pipeline, The Whale) Four years ago, Bryan abandoned his labor of love: a newspaper for truckers. Now he's returned—with no word of where he's been—and things have changed. His former lover is filled with rage, his new coworker is filled with incessant adoration, and his paper is filled with personal ads. As he considers giving up for good, Bryan searches for what he couldn't find on the road: a way to keep faith in humanity. Proceeds benefit Rattlestick Playwrights Theater |
Saturday, July 18th |
HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING |
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By WILL ARBERY (Plano)
Featuring JEB KREAGER (Oslo) JULIA McDERMOTT MICHELE PAWK (Tony Award winner, Hollywood Arms) ZOË WINTERS (4000 Miles, Small Mouth Sounds) JOHN ZDROJESKI ("Billions") Directed by DANYA TAYMOR (Pass Over, Daddy) 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST. In Heroes of The Fourth Turning, it’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, and four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They’ve returned home to toast their mentor, Gina, who has been newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood. Proceeds benefit Playwrights Horizons |
Saturday, July 25th |
KNIFE TO THE HEART |
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By STAN ZIMMERMAN (“The Golden Girls”)
and CHRISTIAN MCLAUGHLIN (“Desperate Housewives”) Featuring ANDREA BOWEN (“Desperate Housewives”) WENDIE MALICK (“Hot in Cleveland”) TODD SHERRY (“Parks & Rec”) JOSH ZUCKERMAN (“90210”) Directed by STAN ZIMMERMAN In Knife to the Heart, Julie Ann and Marshall are expecting their first baby—with Marshall's mother Rhonda hovering over them and Julie Ann's fellow teacher Deacon providing moral support. Everything’s going smoothly until Julie Ann accidentally learns just what exactly the bris Rhonda's planning involves, and all good will and politeness dissolve. Proceeds benefit Save The Children’s COVID-19 Relief Fund |
Saturday, August 1st |
The TEAM's RoosevElvis |
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Created by RACHEL CHAVKIN, JAKE MARGOLIN, LIBBY KING, and KRISTEN SIEH
with MATT HUBBS and NICK VAUGHAN Featuring LIBBY KING (The Laramie Project Cycle) KRISTEN SIEH (The Band’s Visit, "The Plot Against America”) Directed by Tony Award winner RACHEL CHAVKIN (Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre...) In RoosevElvis, the spirits of Elvis Presley and Theodore Roosevelt, on a hallucinatory road trip from the Badlands to Graceland, battle over the soul of Ann—a painfully shy meat-processing plant worker—and what kind of man or woman Ann should become. Proceeds benefit Emergency Release Fund |
Saturday, August 8th |
DUTCHMAN |
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By AMIRI BARAKA
Featuring the original cast of the 2007 Cherry Lane production: DULÉ HILL (“Psych,” “Suits,” Lights Out: Nat King Cole) JENNIFER MUDGE (Rocky, The Big Meal, “The Irishman”) CHRIS MYERS (Obie Award winner, An Octoroon) Directed by ROBERT BARRY FLEMING (Executive Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville) In Amiri Baraka's revolutionary 1964 play Dutchman, a lascivious blonde tries every way she knows to manipulate and seduce a black youth in a New York City subway car, with devastating results. Proceeds benefit Newark Arts |
Saturday, August 15th |
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY |
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10th ANNIVERSARY REUNION READING
Written and Directed by KRISTOFFER DIAZ Featuring USMAN ALLY (“A Series of Unfortunate Events,” “Veep”) TERENCE ARCHIE (Company; Kiss Me, Kate; Rocky) DESMIN BORGES (“You're The Worst,” Amazon's “Utopia’) JUSTIN KIRK (HBO's Angels In America, "Weeds") CHRISTIAN LITKE (“Chicago PD,” “Chicago Fire”) In The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Macedonio “The Mace” Guerra is a middle rank wrestler who may have discovered his ticket to the big time: a charismatic, trash-talking Indian kid from Brooklyn whom he recruits as the perfect foil to the all-American champion, Chad Deity. But when their rivalry is used to exploit racial stereotypes in the name of ratings, all three men find themselves fighting for much more than the championship title. Proceeds benefit New Dramatists |
Saturday, September 12th
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SENECA FALLS |
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Written by JEAN ANN DOUGLASS
Featuring SUSANNAH FLOOD (Make Believe) APRIL MATTHIS (Obie Award winner, Toni Stone) KELLY McANDREW (Men on Boats) MONIQUE ST. CYR (Thunderbodies) ERIN WILHELMI (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, “The Knick”) JOHN ZDROJESKI (Heroes of The Fourth Turning) Directed by JESS CHAYES (Intelligence) In Seneca Falls, Carrie defines the rules; Amelia envisions a husband who darns her bloomers; Frederick renounces his manhood; Margaret rides the train; Eileen drinks sherry; and Mabel lets someone else bandage her wounds. Variously platonic, romantic, and erotic, Seneca Falls is an anachronistic triptych through late nights in the first 72 years of the women’s suffrage movement: 72 years of... mostly a lot of waiting. Proceeds benefit New Georges |
Saturday, September 19th
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SUGAR IN OUR WOUNDS |
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Written by DONJA R. LOVE (one in two)
Featuring STEPHANIE BERRY (Obie Award winner, Drowning Crow, The Hummingbird's Tour) SHELDON BEST (The Hot Wing King, Travisville, the film Ghost Light) FERN COZINE TIFFANY RACHELLE STEWART (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) CHINAZA UCHE (Sojourners/Her Portmanteau) Directed by MALIKA OYETIMEIN In Sugar in Our Wounds, on a plantation somewhere down south, a mystical tree reaches up toward heaven. Generations of slaves have been hanged on this tree, but James is going to be different, as long as he keeps his head down and practices his reading. When a stranger arrives and a striking romance emerges, the couple and those around them are plunged into uncharted territory. Proceeds benefit Bebashi |
Saturday, September 26th
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HAMLET IN BED |
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Written by MICHAEL LAURENCE
Featuring JOHN GLOVER (Tony Award winner Love! Valour! Compassion!, Waiting for Godot, the film Shazam!, “Smallville”) MICHAEL LAURENCE (Coal Country, “Shades of Blue”) ANNETTE O'TOOLE (Academy Award nominee, “Smallville,” “Nash Bridges”) Directed by Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award winner LISA PETERSON (An Iliad) Hamlet in Bed is a twisty, darkly comic, and poignant story about mothers and sons. About what it means to live a life in the theatre, both a generation ago, and now. And about families—the ones we’re born into, and the ones we find along the way. Proceeds benefit Rattlestick Playwrights Theater |
Saturday, October 3rd
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TITLE AND DEED
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Written and performed by WILL ENO (Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie and Drama Desk Award winner)
In Title and Deed, a funny and touching meditation on mortality, loneliness, and innocence, a nameless traveler from a far off place searches for connection and solace in an unknown country. Proceeds from both performances benefit RAICES Texas |
Saturday, October 10th |
NEXT FALL |
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10th ANNIVERSARY BROADWAY REUNION READING
Written by GEOFFREY NAUFFTS (Artistic Director, Naked Angels) Featuring the entire original cast PATRICK BREEN (The Normal Heart, “Madam Secretary”) MADDIE CORMAN (Accidentally Brave, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) SEAN DUGAN (“Oz,” the film The Report, Valhalla) PATRICK HEUSINGER (“Absentia,” “Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce,” Fiddler On The Roof) CONNIE RAY (“The Big C,” Thank You For Smoking) COTTER SMITH (Burn This, “The Americans”) Directed by SHERYL KALLER (Mothers and Sons) Next Fall finds devoutly-religious Luke and atheist Adam five years into their committed relationship, and explores how they make it work—despite their differences. But when an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke’s family for support... and answers. Proceeds benefit Teens For Food Justice |
Saturday, October 30th |
SHINER |
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Written by CHRISTIAN DURSO (“The Stranded” on Netflix, IAMA Theatre’s REDLINE)
Featuring SUSANNAH PERKINS (Network, The Wolves) PAUL PONTRELLI (The Visitor, “Instinct” on CBS) Music Performed by ANAND WILDER (from the band Yeasayer) Directed by KNUD ADAMS (Paris, The Headlands) In Shiner, a grunge rock love story set in the spring of 1994, two outcast teens make a pact to die happy. All they need to do before jumping off the 101 overpass is see Nirvana live in concert, but their plans are threatened by a first kiss, a restraining order, and Kurt Cobain's ailing health. Proceeds benefit The Mental Health Fund |
Sunday, November 8th |
SUNDOGS |
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Written by HOWARD EMANUEL
Featuring JORDAN BRIDGES (FX’s upcoming "The Old Man," "Rizzoli & Isles") JENN GAMBATESE (Mrs. Doubtfire, School of Rock, Hairspray) MAURICE JONES (The Lifespan of a Fact, Saint Joan) GRACE PORTER ("Madame Secretary," "Prodigal Son") TOBIAS SEGAL (The John Wick film series, “For Life,” "The Good Wife") Directed by HEATHER ARNSON In Sundogs, a haunting, humorous meditation on hope, belief, and love, U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Garnier awakens one day hearing the pounding of drums, and believes those drums are the key to restoring order to the chaos of his American life. But Joseph is not prepared for what will be lost and what will remain following his spiritual rebellion as the sun sets, secrets surface, and the drums reach a crushing crescendo. Proceeds benefit The WDA and Stop Soldier Suicide |
Tuesday, November 10th |
TONI STONE |
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ROUNDABOUT REUNION READING
Written by LA Drama Critics Circle Award winner LYDIA R. DIAMOND (Stick Fly, Smart People) Featuring the entire original cast ERIC BERRYMAN (Marriage Story, Motherless Brooklyn) HARVY BLANKS (Jitney) PHILLIP JAMES BRANNON (“Servant,” “The Sinner,” “The Good Fight,” Tiny Beautiful Things) DANIEL J. BRYANT JONATHAN BURKE (The Inheritance, "New Amsterdam") TONEY GOINS ("For Life," Exception to the Rule) KENN E. HEAD (“Empire”) EZRA KNIGHT (Coal Country, Mean Girls, “Daredevil”) Obie Award winner APRIL MATTHIS (“New Amsterdam,” IOWA, On the Levee) KHARY L. MOYE Technical Direction by JULIA FREY (Medea) Directed by Tony Award winner PAM MacKINNON (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Clybourne Park) In Toni Stone, the first woman to go pro in baseball’s Negro Leagues is an encyclopedia of baseball stats, has a great arm, and doesn’t understand why she can't play with the boys. A celebration of an unremembered superstar you'll never forget, Toni Stone is a vibrant, funny, and fascinating story about staying in the game, playing hard, playing smart, and playing your own way. Proceeds benefit Negro League Baseball Museum |
Saturday, November 21st |
THE BURDENS
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Written by MATT SCHATZ (Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre)
Featuring ALI AHN (The Atlantic’s The Great Leap, “The Path,” “Billions”) WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER (After The Blast at Lincoln Center, “The Good Place”) Directed by TYNE RAFAELI (Ironbound) In The Burdens, a dark, family comedy about how technology helps keep us close while still enabling us to keep our distance, Mordy is a struggling musician and his older sister Jane is a successful attorney. When their widowed mother's life becomes taxed by her terrible, centenarian father, the two adult siblings are drawn into an elaborate plot to relieve her burden... and their own. Proceeds benefit City Theatre Company of Pittsburgh |
Saturday, December 12th |
COCK |
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Written by MIKE BARTLETT (King Charles III)
Featuring JASON BUTLER HARNER (The Crucible, “Ozark”) AMANDA QUAID (Equus, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence) CORY MICHAEL SMITH (“Gotham,” “Utopia”) COTTER SMITH (Next Fall, “Mindhunter”) Directed by JAMES MacDONALD (Blasted, True West) In Cock, a comic look at identity and sexuality, when John and his boyfriend take a break, the last thing he expects is to accidentally fall in love with the woman of his dreams. His boyfriend is willing to wait for him to make a choice, but so is his girlfriend. And both are willing to fight to keep him. Torn between the two and with pressure mounting, he has to determine who and what he is, and what his decision will be. Proceeds benefit World Central Kitchen |
Saturday, December 19th |
PROUD REVENGEFUL AMBITIOUS |
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Written by TALENE MONAHON (How to Load a Musket)
Featuring VELLA LOVELL (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” The Big Sick) MALLORY PORTNOY (Oklahoma!, Privacy) Directed by JAKI BRADLEY In proud revengeful ambitious, two young men vie to be the next great method actor of their generation. A play about obsession and sex and competition and sex and trophies and sex. Proceeds benefit WIN NYC |
Sunday, December 27th |
Veridian Dynamics presents:
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Featuring series creator VICTOR FRESCO
And Cast Members ISABELLA ACRES (“Sofia The First”) ANDREA ANDERS (“Young Sheldon”) MALCOLM BARRETT (“Timeless”) PORTIA de ROSSI (“Arrested Development”) JAY HARRINGTON (“S.W.A.T.”) KEISUKE HOASHI (“Bob’s Burgers”) RIZWAN MANJI (“Schitt’s Creek”) STEFAN MARKS (Velvet Buzzsaw) YUKI MATSUZAKI (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) JONATHAN SLAVIN (“Dr. Ken”) JANET VARNEY (“Stan Against Evil”) with special guest GORAN VIŠNJIĆ (“ER”) This Play-PerView exclusive event will feature a live-streamed reading of the season one episode “Jabberwocky.” A moderated discussion and Q&A with the cast and creator Victor Fresco will follow the reading. Proceeds benefit Feeding America |
Friday, January 15th |
BLUE RIDGE |
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Written by ABBY ROSEBROCK (Dido of Idaho)
Featuring KYLE BELTRAN (Gloria) MARIN IRELAND (“The Umbrella Academy”) PETER MARK KENDALL (“The Americans”) NICOLE LEWIS (for all the women who thought they were Mad) KRISTOLYN LLOYD(Dear Evan Hansen) CHRIS STACK (Marie Antoinette) Directed by OBIE Award winner TAIBI MAGAR (Underground Railroad Game) In Blue Ridge, a progressive high school teacher with a rage problem retaliates against her unscrupulous boss and is sentenced to six months at a church-sponsored halfway house, where she attends to everyone’s recovery but her own. Proceeds benefit the National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition |
Saturday, January 23rd |
NBC's "TIMELESS" REUNION |
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Featuring series co-creator SHAWN RYAN
with MALCOLM BARRETT (“Preacher”) BEAU BRIANS JOHN COLTON ("Silicon Valley") CLAUDIA DOUMIT ("The Boys") MATTHEW DOWNS (Kajillionaire) JAMES DuMONT ("The Righteous Gemstones") JORDAN FARRIS ("S.W.A.T.") CHRIS GANN (Under The Silver Lake) CHET GRISSOM ("AJ and The Queen") SAKINA JAFFREY (“House of Cards”) PATERSON JOSEPH (“Peep Show”) MATT LANTER (“The Mandalorian”) RAVI NAIDU ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") JOSH RANDALL (Fantasy Island) CORY MICHAEL SMITH (Amazon's "Utopia") ABIGAIL SPENCER (“True Detective”) SHANTEL VanSANTEN (Amazon's "The Boys") GORAN VIŠNJIĆ (“ER”) MARI WEISS ("Jane The Virgin") ANNIE WERSCHING ("Runaways") This Play-PerView exclusive event will reunite the principal cast members of NBC’s cult sci-fi series “Timeless” with series co-creator Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) in a reading of the season two episode, “Hollywoodland” featuring additional new material written just for this special event. A discussion moderated by Decider's Alex Zalben and Q&A with the cast and creator will follow the reading. Proceeds benefit Feeding America |
Sunday, January 31st |
Sunday Funday:
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Featuring series creator STEPHEN FALK
with TODD ROBERT ANDERSON (“American Vandal”) DESMIN BORGES (Amazon's “Utopia,” The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) DARRELL BRITT-GIBSON (Judas and The Black Messiah) AYA CASH (Amazon’s “The Boys,” Kings) KETHER DONOHUE (Pitch Perfect) CHRIS GEERE (“A Million Little Things”) ALLEN MALDONADO (“The Last O.G.”) ALLAN McLEOD (“Drunk History”) BRANDON MYCHAL SMITH (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”) JANET VARNEY (“Stan Against Evil”) COLLETTE WOLFE (Hot Tub Time Machine, "A.P. Bio") and ADDITIONAL GUESTS to be announced! This Play-PerView exclusive event will reunite the principal cast members of FXX’s hit comedy series “You're the Worst” with series creator Stephen Falk in a reading of the season two episode, “A Rapidly Mutating Virus.” Leah Wellbaum, the lead singer of Slothrust, will perform the show's theme song live, and a discussion moderated by The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg and Q&A with the cast and creator will follow the reading. Proceeds benefit Feeding America |
Saturday, February 6th |
WHILE I YET LIVE |
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Written by BILLY PORTER ("Pose")
Featuring ELAIN GRAHAM (The Picture Box, "The Last O.G.") SHERIA IRVING (White Noise) S. EPATHA MERKERSON (Come Back, Little Sheba; "Law & Order") KEVYN MORROW (Moulin Rouge!) LARRY POWELL (The Christians) SHARON WASHINGTON (Feeding The Dragon) LILLIAS WHITE (Fela!, "Search Party") Directed by SHERYL KALLER (Next Fall) In While I Yet Live, Billy Porter’s semi-autobiographical play, a young man in Pittsburgh comes of age amongst a bevy of fascinating and strong-willed women. Proceeds benefit the Actors Fund Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund |
Saturday, February 13th |
REVENGE PORN |
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Written by CARLA CHING (Nomad Motel)
Featuring TINA HUANG (“Rizzoli & Isles”) AMY HILL (“Magnum P.I.”) KAHYUN KIM (Daddy) CHRISTOPHER LARKIN (“The 100”) KEN LEUNG (“Lost”) ROLAND RUIZ (Boyhood) Directed by BERNARDO CUBRÍA (Brain Problems) In Revenge Porn, when Kat Chan's ex-husband posts explicit photos of her online and tags everyone she knows, she has to wrestle with a choice: Be humane to someone she used to love? Or take him out in a very public way? Revenge Porn is a play about public shaming, ownership of women’s bodies and images, and the earthquakes that come from dissolving a marriage. Proceeds benefit Ma-Yi Theater Company Revenge Porn is an Atlantic Theater commission supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. |
Friday, February 26th |
THE TYPISTS |
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Written by MURRAY SCHISGAL (Nomad Motel)
Featuring MICHAEL McKEAN (The Little Foxes, “Better Call Saul”) ANNETTE O'TOOLE (A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, “Virgin River”) Directed by AUSTIN PENDLETON (Between Riverside and Crazy) In The Typists, married law student Paul Cunningham takes a job as a typist for an ad agency, where he meets lonely spinster Sylvia. Through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, the story of their relationship and developing romance unfolds. Proceeds benefit Williamstown Theatre Festival |
Saturday, March 6th |
Yes, We're Still Soldiers:
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Featuring series Co-creators
MIKE ROYCE (“One Day At A Time”) KEVIN BIEGEL (“Cougar Town”) with MORT BURKE (“Drunk History”) MICHELLE BUTEAU (“The First Wives Club”) ANGELIQUE CABRAL (“Life in Pieces”) KEITH DAVID (“Greenleaf”) KYLE DAVIS (“American Horror Story”) TANIA GUNADI (“A.P. Bio”) CHRIS LOWELL (Promising Young Woman) ROSS PHILLIPS (“Halt and Catch Fire”) MEL RODRIGUEZ (“The Last Man on Earth”) GEOFF STULTS (“Little Fires Everywhere”) PARKER YOUNG (“Twenties”) This Play-PerView exclusive event will feature a live-streamed reading of the season one episode “Prank War,” followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A for the audience led by Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Maureen Ryan. Proceeds benefit Feeding America |
Saturday, March 13th |
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Featuring series Co-creators
LENNON PARHAM (“Bless This Mess”) JESSICA ST. CLAIR (“The Goldbergs”) with BRAD MORRIS (“Great News”) LINDSAY SLOANE ("The Odd Couple") ZACH WOODS (“Silicon Valley”) This Play-PerView exclusive event will feature a live-streamed reading followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A for the audience led by Vulture comedy contributor and host of the podcast “Good One” Jesse David Fox. Proceeds benefit Feeding America |
Saturday, April 10th |
BABETTE IN RETREAT |
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Written by JUSTIN SAYRE (“2 Broke Girls”)
Featuring BECCA BLACKWELL (Is This a Room, Hurricane Diane) NATHAN LEE GRAHAM (Zoolander, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) RANDY HARRISON (“Queer as Folk,” Cabaret) JUSTIN SAYRE (“The Comeback,” The Meeting*) Tony Award nominee MARY TESTA (OKLAHOMA!, Xanadu) AUDEN THORNTON (“This Is Us”) JACK WEATHERALL (“Queer as Folk,” The Elephant Man) Directed by ELLIE HEYMAN (The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America) In Babette in Retreat, a farce about love and responsibility, she was one of the most famous courtesans of her day, but now at 50, Babette has decided to retire to her country house, wanting to live in isolation, with only her beloved maid for company. After a lifetime of pleasing others, she's ready to please herself. Unfortunately, her plans are destroyed even before her own arrival, as one by one those closest to her all come to the cottage wanting for something. Proceeds benefit the Ali Forney Center Babette in Retreat will be available to stream on-demand through April 14th |
Sunday, April 25th |
THE GETT |
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Written by LIBA VAYNBERG
Featuring Tony and Emmy nominee TOVAH FELDSHUH (Golda's Balcony, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) PETER MARK KENDELL (Blue Ridge, Top Gun: Maverick) ALFREDO NARCISO (Tiny Beautiful Things, “Manifest”) LIBA VAYNBERG (“New Amsterdam,” “The Plot Against America”) Directed by DANIELLA TOPOL (Artistic Director, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) The Gett is a Jewish myth about divorce and how we salvage and recover meaning through profound loss and ancient ritual. Proceeds benefit Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Congregation Beth Elohim The Gett will be available to stream on-demand through April 30th |
Saturday, May 15th |
BAD JEWS |
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Written by JOSHUA HARMON (Significant Other)
Featuring Drama Desk Award winner TRACEE CHIMO (Noises Off, Circle Mirror Transformation) PHILLIP ETTINGER (First Reformed) JUSTINE LUPE (“Succession”) MICHAEL ZEGEN (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) Directed by DANIEL AUKIN (Skintight, Fool for Love) In Bad Jews, after a beloved grandfather dies in New York—leaving a treasured piece of religious jewelry that he succeeded in hiding even from the Nazis during the Holocaust—cousins fight over not only the family heirloom, but their "religious faith, cultural assimilation, and even the validity of each other's romances. Proceeds benefit Roundabout Theatre Company Bad Jews will be available to stream on-demand through May 19th Roundabout Theatre Company produced the world premiere of Bad Jews as part of Roundabout Underground in October, 2012 and transferred the production to its Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, where it ran from September 19–December 29, 2013. The development and production of Bad Jews was made possible by Roundabout’s New Play Initiative and Roundabout Underground programs. New plays are supported by Roundabout Leaders for New Works: Alec Baldwin, James Costa and John Archibald, Linda L. D’Onofrio, Peggy and Mark Ellis, Jodi Glucksman, Sylvia Golden, Angelina Lippert, K. Myers, Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner, Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, Ira Pittelman, Mary Solomon, Lauren and Danny Stein, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and The Tow Foundation |
Saturday, May 22nd |
AYA or DEAR LOVER |
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Written by FERNANDA COPPEL (King Liz, “How To Get Away With Murder”)
Featuring RAUL CASTILLO (“Looking,” “Atypical”) TINA HUANG (“Rizzoli & Isles,” “Arrow”) ROXANA ORTEGA (“The Casagrandes,” “American Vandal”) Directed by ESTEFANIA FADUL In AYA or Dear Lover, Luis Diaz is in a dark place. His career is stagnant, he's suffering from a deep depression, and his wife of ten years has just left him, so he decides to… take a vacation to an Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazonian jungle in order to escape his problems! However: every time he drinks Ayahuasca, he's confronted with his troubles in a way he’s never experienced. Will Luis choose to continue to take his medicine and heal? Or will he go back home and be miserable forever?? Proceeds benefit NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness AYA Or Dear Lover will be available to stream on-demand through May 26th |
Saturday, June 5th |
HOW TO RAISE A FREEMAN |
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Written by ZAKIYYAH ALEXANDER (The Good Muslim)
Featuring JON CHAFFIN (Blindspotting, “The Haves and The Have Nots”) ARIC FLOYD (“Versus,” “Ballers”) Emmy Award nominee KARLA MOSLEY (“Guiding Light,” “The Bold and The Beautiful”) BRANDON SCOTT (“Dead To Me,” “13 Reasons Why”) DESEAN TERRY ("The Morning Show,” "Southland") NICK UNGER Directed by SUSAN DALIAN In How to Raise a Freeman, a drama about living while Black in America, how does a family teach their teenage son to stay alive when a Black man is killed by police every 28 hours? Proceeds benefit JusticeLA: Fighting the L.A. County Jail Expansion How to Raise A Freeman will be available to stream on-demand through June 9th |
Sunday, June 6th |
Housecall: USA's "ROYAL PAINS" REUNION |
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Featuring series creator/executive producer ANDREW LENCHEWSKI
and writer/director/executive producer MICHAEL RAUCH with PAULO COSTANZO (“Designated Survivor,” “The Night Of”) BROOKE D’ORSAY (“Grace and Frankie,” “Drop Dead Diva”) MARK FEUERSTEIN (What Women Want, “The Baby-Sitters Club”) JILL FLINT (“The Night Shift,” “Bull”) LAURA LANZA MEREDITH HAGNER (“Search Party,” “Disenchantment”) ZACHARY HERNANDEZ (“Monsterland,” “The Deuce”) SARAH MEZZANOTTE (“Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order: SVU”) ANTHONY PIERINI (Alex Strangelove, Mary Poppins) IVAN QUINTANILLA (“Gotham,” “Allegiance”) CAMPBELL SCOTT (“House of Cards,” Old Vic's A Christmas Carol) BEN SHENKMAN (The Trial of the Chicago 7, “Billions”) RESHMA SHETTY (“Blindspot,” “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power”) JOHN HANS TESTER (“The Man In The High Castle,” “Hunters”) and special guest moderator HENRY WINKLER (Emmy Award winner, “Barry”) This Play-PerView exclusive event will reunite the principal cast members of USA’s hit drama series “Royal Pains” with series creator and executive producer Andrew Lenchewski and writer/director/executive producer Michael Rauch in a special live reading of the series finale “Uninterrupted.” Emmy winner Henry Winkler will moderate a discussion and fan Q&A with the cast and creators following the reading. Proceeds benefit Feeding America This event is presented in partnership with ATX Television Festival. “Royal Pains” will be available to stream on-demand through June 13th. |
Saturday, June 12th at 7:00pm EST |
RUTH BADER GINSBURG: A LIVING DOCUMENT |
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Written by DIANNE NORA
Featuring KAREN ALDRIDGE (Matilda, “Fargo”) Tony Award winner BLAIR BROWN (Copenhagen, “Orange Is the New Black”) CHERYL LYNN BRUCE (Stranger Than Fiction, The Grapes of Wrath) ESTEBAN ANDRES CRUZ (Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, “Chicago Fire”) KIRSTEN FITZGERALD (Widows, “Sirens”) CINDY GOLD (I Used To Go Here) DELIA KROPP (“Work in Progress”) SADIEH RIFAI (Netflix’s “Easy,” “Patriot”) SARA SEVIGNY (“Empire”) Directed by KRISTINA VALADA-VIARS In Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Living Document, Justice Ruth convenes a female and non-binary chorus of nine to tell the story of her life through scenes, stories, and standup, showcasing her enduring legacy as an activist, jurist, and icon. Spanning ninety years of history, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Living Document offers a closer look at one of the most revered and reviled figures in modern American life. Proceeds benefit the ACLU This reading is presented in collaboration with Chicago’s A Red Orchid Theatre. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Living Document will be available to stream on-demand through June 16th. |
Saturday, June 26th at 7:00pm EST |
FOUR CHORDS AND A GUN |
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Written by JOHN ROSS BOWIE (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Speechless”)
Featuring MICHAEL CASSADY (“The O.C.,” Army of The Dead) Emmy Award nominee BEN FELDMAN (“Superstore,” Disney's “Monsters at Work”) Tony Award winner LENA HALL (Hedwig and The Angry Inch, “Snowpiercer”) Emmy Award nominee BRENDAN HUNT (“Ted Lasso,” “Key & Peele”) Golden Globe nominee JUSTIN KIRK (HBO’s “Angels In America,” “Kidding”) BOBBY CONTE THORNTON (Company, A Bronx Tale) Directed by JESSICA HANNA 40 years ago, Phil Spector made The Ramones a legend and destroyed the band. In Four Chords and a Gun, an intense black comedy based on exhaustive research, the notorious punk band records 1979’s End of the Century in an infamous session that sparks both personal tensions among the group’s members and violent struggles with the volatile Spector. By turns, sexy, gritty, dangerous, and hilarious, Four Chords and a Gun reveals the real-life drama behind the making of the world’s greatest punk album. Proceeds benefit Food on Foot Four Chords and a Gun will be available to stream on-demand through June 30th |
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Saturday, July 10th at 7:00pm EST
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LIVING AND BREATHING
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Written by MANDO ALVARADO (“Vida,” “Greenleaf”)
Featuring THOMAS MEJIA GARRETT MERCER JOSE JOAQUIN PEREZ (We Need To Talk About Kevin, “Person of Interest”) JOHNATHAN TCHAIKOVSKY (The Wolf of Wall Street, “Bull”) Directed by JERRY RUIZ (“Vida,” “Greenleaf”) In Living and Breathing, when Todd purchases a ‘living sculpture,’ the controversial piece of art causes a rift with his old college friends Michael and Jeremy that leads to a hilarious and incendiary examination of the nature of their lifelong bond through a conversation about race, friendship, and art in today’s America. Proceeds benefit RAICES – Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services Living and Breathing will be available to stream on-demand through July 14th |
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Thursday, August 5th at 7:00pm EST
MARIE ANTOINETTE Written by David Adjmi (3C) Featuring MARIN IRELAND* (Tony Nominee Reasons To Be Pretty, "Y: The Last Man") STEVEN RATTAZZI* (Indecent, "The Venture Brothers") KARL MILLER* ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "The Blacklist") CHRIS STACK* (Secret Life of Bees, Ugly Lies The Bone) KAT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (For All The Women Who Thought They Were Mad) JENNIFER IKEDA* ("Dash & Lily", Vietgone) WILL PULLEN* (To Kill A Mocking Bird, "DICKINSON") CARMEN ZILLES (Bel Canto, Fefu and Her Friends) DAVID GREENSPAN* (Six Time Obie Winner) *Denoted Original Cast Member In David Adjmi’s contemporary take on the young queen of France, Marie is a confection created by a society that values extravagance and artifice. But France’s love affair with the royals sours as revolution brews, and for Marie, the political suddenly becomes very personal. From the light and breezy banter at the palace to the surging chants of “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité!” in the streets, Marie Antoinette holds a mirror up to our contemporary society that might just be entertaining itself to death. Directed by REBECCA TAICHMAN (Tony Winner, Indecent) Proceeds benefit Cultural Solidarity Fund Marie Antoinette will be available to stream on-demand through August 9th |
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Saturday, September 18th at 8:00pm EST
The Medievalists By Bill Corbett ("Mystery Science Theater 3000") Featuring: Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds) Jason Ritter (Gravity Falls) Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) James Urbaniak (Thom Pain (based on nothing)) A once-respected history scholar crashes and burns on the set of the cheesy TV series adapted from his work. His family rides in on a quest to save the day! Directed by Casey Stangl Net Proceeds to Benefit Vidiots Foundation This reading will be available to stream on-demand through September 22nd. |
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September 29th 2021
The House In Scarsdale By Dan O'Brien (The Body of an American) Featuring Alex Draper ("Chicago Med") Dan O'Brien Playwright Dan O'Brien's parents and siblings cut him off years ago. Leading him to investigate his own family's particular unhappiness in search of why. But is his pathological pursuit of the truth worth the risk to his sense of self and of the past? Directed by Christian Parker (Atlantic Theater Company) Benefitting Boston Court Pasadena This reading will be available to stream on-demand through October 3rd |
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October 18th 2021
Jane Anger By Talene Monahon (How To Load a Musket) Featuring: Danaya Esperanza (for colored girls...., Mary Jane) Talene Monahon (Log Cabin, The Government Inspector) Ryan Spahn (How To Load A Musket, Daniels Husband) Michael Urie (Grand Horizons, Chicken and Biscuits) Directed by Jaki Bradley (How To Load a Musket) Net Proceeds to Benefit Fund Texas Choice Join us in-person at Caveat NYC for this reading (must be vaxxed and masked) or stream it live! This reading will be available to stream on-demand through October 22nd. |
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