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New Play Readings
 

Join us the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Seattle Rep PONCHO Forum as we discover groundbreaking new works. Each reading is followed by a chatback with the playwright. This reading series is co-sponsored by the Rep’s New Play Program and the Northwest Playwrights Alliance.

Admission is free (donations gladly accepted). No RSVP necessary—just show up! 

Upcoming Readings:

Tues. July 13, 2010
Emerald City by SP Miskowski, directed by Meghan Arnette, a co-production with Live Girls! Theater.
A Wild River by John Longenbaugh
 

Tues. August 10, 2010
Woof by Y York, directed by Mark Lutwak
 

Tues. September 14, 2010
The winner of the SAG/NPA screenwriter's competition
 

 

Past Readings
 

Tues. June 8, 2010
Gossamer Grudges by Paul Mullin
The Sea Cares Nothing by Lisa Leaverton

Tues. May 11, 2010
Poems by Graham Isaac
Deception Pass by Kamarie Chapman, directed by Mark Kuntz
Beluga Room by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Bryan Sullivan

 
Tues. April 13, 2010
New West Drama Conference Winner Video Tape or Lupe at the End of the World by Jaime Cruz, directed by John Vreeke
From ACT's Young Playwrights Program Barefoot Burglar by Samuel Cole Tritt from Seattle Academy, directed by Dayo Anderson
Facebook by Zoe Raphael, directed by Michael Tilton

Tues. March 9, 2010
My Dog Saw Me Naked by Scot Auguston, directed by Shannon Kip
Featuring: Laurie Jerger Johnson, Tina Kunz Rowley, and James Weidman

Orca Whore a ten-minute play by Josh McIlvain, directed by Christy Denny
Starring Norah Elges

Tues. Feb. 9, 2010
Reagan in Hell by Lee Blessing, directed by John Vreeke
& a new play (TBA) by Lenore Bensinger

Tues. Jan. 19, 2010 (note, this is a special THIRD Tuesday reading)
A new play by Sam Wallin, directed by Braden Abraham

Tues. Dec. 8, 2009 - Sixth Annual Salon
Featuring fiction by Jim Lynch; poetry by Sandra Craig, Arlitia Jones, Chuck Legget, and Gregory Hischak; and short plays by Lou Clark and Y York.

Tues. Nov. 10, 2009 - NPA/WWU Tour of NW Short Plays
A preview of our annual tour. This spring we'll be touring the Northwest before performing in New York, England, and Japan.All plays directed by Rich Brown
Tads, by Eva Suter
Johnny Elgam and the Newport Kid, by Aaron Shay
Poor Shem, Gregory Hischak
Scent of Man, By Soloman Olmstead
The Square, by Michael Wallace
The Lazy Beauty, by Bryan Willis

Tues. Jan. 12, 2010
Reagan in Hell by Lee Blessing, director TBA
& a new play (TBA) by Lenore Bensinger, directed by Sheila Daniels.

Oct. 13, 2009
A Strange Disappearance of Bees by Elena Hartwell, directed by John Vreeke

June 8, 2009
Money by Dick Reichman, directed by David Fischer

May 11, 2009
Kissing by Robert Caisley, dir. by Jere Hodgin and Waiting at the Recital, Traci Parks

April 13, 2009
The Politics of Hair by Lou Clark, dir. by Rebecca Shoenfeld Holmes & NPA/NWDC contest winner Body of an American by Andrew S. Lyness

March 9, 2009
Lubyanka by David Tucker II, directed by Jerry Manning

Feb. 9, 2009
T or C by Vince Delaney, directed by Braden Abraham

Jan. 12, 2009
Verse Chorus Verse by Randall Colburn, directed by Brian Tyrrell, co-sponsored by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

Dec. 8, 2008
Literary Salon:
Jim Lynch (author of The Highest Tide) reads from his newest, unpublished novel.
Poems by Alaska's best Arlitia Jones
Short plays by Sean Walbeck
Jody Peterson
Schatzie Schaefers
Dan Erickson

Nov. 10, 2008
Gulf View Drive, by Arlene Hutton, directed by Braden Abraham

Oct. 13, 2008
The 20th Century, short plays by Steven Dietz, Ki Gottberg, Scot Auguston, Bryan Willis, Lenore Bensinger, Eric O'Del, Glen Berger, Nadine Caracciolo & Lee Strucker, Y York and Thomas J. Meyer & William Missouri Down. Originally curated at the Annex Theater by Dan Fields. Directed by Amalia Larson

Oct. 20, 2009
Hot Georgia Sunday by Catherine Trieschmann, directed by Meghan Arnette