Play-by-Play 2022

Play-by-Play 2022

new play readings
Tickets on sale now. $10 per reading, or $30 for series. Season subscribers $5 per reading.

macbitches

by Sophie McIntosh
June 9, 7 pm • June 11, 2 pm

When a freshman is unexpectedly given the coveted role of Lady Macbeth, a few upperclassmen actresses invite her over to “celebrate” her casting and reassert their positions at the top of the theatre department’s hierarchy. As the Fireball and Svedka flow, the girls interrogate their own sense of ambition as well as the power structures that have shaped their theatrical education.

Looks Like Pretty

by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
June 10, 7:30 pm • June 11, 7:30 pm

Charlie is in love with Shirley, the Kodak Color Girl. With fair skin and auburn hair, she is the basis on which all photographs are color balanced. But when Gloria, an African-American employee asks for his help after the disappearance of her daughter, they question the limitations of technology as they explore how we perceive light, color, and beauty. Looks Like Pretty examines who is seen and who is invisible, and how science and technology play a role in manipulating the narrative.

The Machine

by Matthew Libby
June 16, 7 pm • June 18, 2 pm

An acclaimed poet-turned-professor with a severe case of writer’s block, is approached by the CEO of a tech company with a strange proposition: he wants to design an artificially intelligent computer program that will create works replicating her poetic voice – a machine that can write her poetry. This sends her through a journey of self-discovery, as she struggles with her identity as an artist; with a tragedy in her recent past, and with the question: what does it mean to lead a creative life?

The People Before the Park

by Keith Josef Adkins

June 17, 7:30 pm • June 18, 7:30 pm

1856, New York City. The people of Seneca Village, African-American and some Irish immigrants, have lived peacefully and away from the corruption of downtown New York City. However, when the City decides to build Central Park their quiet hamlet becomes the target of demolition. One man decides he will not be moved.