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.
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
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
May 11, 2009Kissing by Robert Caisley, dir. by Jere Hodgin and Waiting at the Recital, Traci Parks
April 13, 2009The 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