2024 Summer Staged Reading Series
Beginning May 31 and through August 23, we’ll bring you 7 evenings of entertainment with readings of brand-new original works by budding playwrights at Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists at 1625 Salvador Ave in Napa.
Out of over over 200 submissions, we have chosen 10 delightful brand-new plays. We look forward to bringing you these gems!
Performance Dates are:
May 31st, June 14th, June 28th, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th, and August 23rd, all at 7 pm.
Admission: $10
On May 31st at 7 pm
The Kindness of Strangers by Dan Borengasser
On June 14th at 7 pm
Loving, Wendy by Kathryn Zaniboni
On June 28th at 7 pm
The Next to the Last Box by Karen Marguerite Caronna
On July 12th at 7pm
An Evening of Shorts
Speed Dating by Curt Strickland
The Matchmaker by Mindy Roll
Don’t Just Sit There! by Diane H. Sampson
Heartache Tonight by Laura Thoma
On July 26th at 7pm
In the Dream Castle by Drew Katzman
On August 9th at 7pm
For a Brighter Tomorrow by Sophia Naylor
On August 23rd at 7pm
The Patriarch by Shayne Kennedy
What is a staged reading? It’s a rehearsed read-through of a script, with actors and movement and emotion, but without a full set or costumes. It gives the playwright a chance to see their words “come alive”. But the most important part of a staged reading? You! As soon as the plays are over we’ll have a short talk-back, and that is where we need your help. See the living plays in person; your input is invaluable.