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Julia’s Reading Room: Cracked Open
Tuesday, January 29th 6-8PM Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street Between Third & Lexington Avenues 2nd Floor, Teen Center Cracked Open By LPTW Member Gail Kriegel LPTW member Gail Kriegel will be presenting a cold reading of the first draft of her new play, Cracked Open
Find out more »Julia’s Reading Room: WITHOUT A TITLE
Thursday, February 28th 6-8PM Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street Between Third & Lexington Avenues 2nd Floor, Teen Center WITHOUT A TITLE A Three-Ring Circus Written and Directed by Shellen Lubin Loosely based on Federico Garcia Lorca's Play Without A Title With moments from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream A night of radical theatre in Trump's America when everyone attending has something to say and the whole world erupts. Even the audience has lines! Please arrive at…
Find out more »Julia’s Reading Room: GRANDMA SOUP!
Thursday, March 28th 6-8PM Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street Between Third & Lexington Avenues 2nd Floor, Teen Center Grandma Soup! A Brand New Solo Play By LPTW Member Amy Oestreicher Directed by LPTW Member Shellen Lubin When a simple celebration brings Shayna Tazler to tears, Abigail seeks to understand her grandmother's journey to America. When nobody can tell her why Grandma Shayna is in a hospital, Abigail attempts to piece together a puzzle, learning of her grandmother's…
Find out more »Julia’s Reading Room: PRO BONO
Thursday, April 25th 6-8PM Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street Between Third & Lexington Avenues 2nd Floor, Teen Center Pro Bono By LPTW Member Natalie Bates Directed by Catherine Siracusa Pro Bono focuses on an attorney faced with two cases that shake her conscience and her sense of family loyalty to their foundations. Pressured by her sister to pull strings to get child-pornography charges dropped against her college-grad nephew, Elena puts her reputation on the line with disastrous…
Find out more »Julia’s Reading Room: EVE OF BELTANE
Thursday, May 23rd 6-8PM Grand Central Library 135 East 46th Street Between Third & Lexington Avenues 2nd Floor, Teen Center Eve of Beltane By LPTW Member Coni Koepfinger & Joe Izen Directed by Cailín Heffernan “Love in timeless pursuit returns, as Dark spirits all, melt in the fires of Beltane” The Eve of Beltane is an enchanting tale of power and passion that dares to look beyond the walls of time to see the point and possibilities of reincarnation.
Find out more »Julia’s Reading Room – Bedroom Farce: Reloaded
Thursday, September 19 6PM - 8PM Grand Central Library 135 E 46th Street Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues Free and Open to the Public Bedroom Farce: Reloaded Three Bedrooms. Three Couples. One Connection. by LPTW Member, Yvette Heyliger Inspired by Alan Ayckbourn’s 1975 hit, Bedroom Farce, this farce for the 21st century asks, "What do a couple of cisgender swingers, their gay son, his new husband, a trans woman, and her closeted boyfriend all have in common?" One of the…
Find out more »JULIA’S READING ROOM – TIME WILL TELL
Thursday, October 31 6PM – 8PM Grand Central Library 135 E 46th Street Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues Time Will Tell By LPTW Member Kristen Lowman Directed by LPTW Member Glory Kadigan Free and Open to the Public From the Texas Gulf in 1969, to the Hollywood Hills in 1999, to a Central Park bench in 2003, each of six women tells her story and, together, they weave a tale none of them could have imagine Cast Liz - Mary…
Find out more »JULIA’S READING ROOM – Briar Rose
Thursday, November 21 6PM – 8PM Grand Central Library 135 E 46th Street Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues BRIAR ROSE The Untold Story of Sleeping Beauty Book by LPTW member Deborah Savadge Music & Lyrics by LPTW Members Debra Barsha & Sheilah Rae Free and Open to the Public This updated fairy tale introduces a Princess who is too sharp to prick her finger on a spindle. Magic, Wise Women, acrobatics and a Frog. RSVP: JRR@theatrewomen.org
Find out more »JULIA’S READING ROOM – Not About Nightingales
Thursday, December 19 6PM – 8PM Grand Central Library 135 E 46th Street Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues Not About Nightingales By Tennessee Williams Directed by LPTW Member Mahayana (Yana) Landowne Free and Open to the Public Based on a true story, a 1937 scandal which shocked the nation when convicts leading a hunger strike in prison were locked in a steam-heated cell. The reading will be gender-swapped to test how it works primarily played by women. RSVP: JRR@theatrewomen.org
Find out more »JULIA’S READING ROOM – WINTER KILL
Thursday, January 29 6PM – 8PM Jefferson Market Library 425 Avenue of the Americas Between 9th & 10th Streets Winter Kill Written and Performed by LPTW Member, Denise B. Flemming Previously Directed by Paula J. Riley (January 1st, 1943-July 7th, 2018) Free and Open to the Public When a cold case is re-investigated a successful professor's past becomes the subject of suspicion for a tenacious detective. Door's are opened and darkness is revealed. RSVP: JRR@theatrewomen.org
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