Monthly Readings of New and Noteworthy Plays
When: Third Tuesdays at 7:00pm
Where: Hava Java, 526 N. 19th St., Allentown, PA 18104
Admission: Suggested donation, $5.
October 20, 2015 – Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Macbeth Lottery: actors pick roles from a hat for this tale of kings, witches, and “murder most foul.”
November 17, 2015 – Dinner With Marney by Jen Santos
A local playwright’s hilarious piece about one family’s ever-stressful Thanksgiving celebration.
December 15, 2015 – Yuletide Improv Celebration with APT/The Associated Mess
We retell classic holiday stories with no holds barred.
January 19, 2016 – The Man Who Invented Himself by Stephanie E. Gardner
An Emmaus playwright tells of war photographers Robert Capa and Gerda Taro – a story of love, lust, betrayal, and a search for identity.
February 16, 2016 – Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
A Pulitzer-winning play about the contentious relationship between two brothers named Booth and Lincoln.
March 15, 2016 – Antigone by Sophocles
Anticipating APT’s spring production of The Island, by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, we do Sophocles’ drama about a woman’s courage to stand up to authority for her dead brother’s honor. The classic Greek tragedy is a play-within-a-play in The Island.
April 19, 2016 – Antigone, Presented By The Girls of St. Catherine’s by Madhuri Shekar
Another look at Antigone, with this new play about an all-girls drama program. As they mount a production of Sophocles’ tragedy, they see art imitating life in disturbing ways.
May 17, 2016 – An Evening of Short Plays by Leah Nanako Winkler
A sampling from one of the freshest new voices in American theatre.
June 21, 2016 – The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
In honor of Gay Pride Month, a seminal play about the early days of the fight against AIDS.
July 19, 2016 – Audience Choice
YOU get to choose which play will be read that night! The choices are: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Mystery of Irma Vep, a comedy by Charles Ludlam; or A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. And the winner is: The Mystery of Irma Vep.
August 16, 2016 – An Evening of Plays for Young Actors
One-acts read by high school thespians from around the Valley.