The 15th annual Summer Playwrights Festival. The festival is now one of the largest staged reading festivals in the nation, with playwrights from across the country and around the world participating. Each reading is followed by a talk-back with the playwright and director. All play readings will be held at the Road Theatre’s Magnolia Theatre at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony.

Schedule:

Friday, July 12, 2024
8:00PM: The Totality of All Things by Erik Gernand
Directed by Taylor Nichols

Saturday, July 13, 2024
12:00PM: Nüwa in Fairyland by Brandon Zang
Directed by Elana Luo

4:00PM: Lifeline by Robert Axelrod
Directed by Ken Sawyer

8:00PM: BLACK BEAR ISLAND by Karissa Murrell Myers
Directed by Margaret Starbuck

Sunday, July 14, 2024
12:00PM: Some Other Woman Like Me by Katherine Swan
Directed by Liz Herron

4:00PM: You May Find This Hard to Believe, or Moor’s the Pity by Scott Gibson
Directed by Victoria Hoffman

8:00PM: The Patriarch by Shayne Kennedy
Directed by Tally McCormack

Monday, July 15, 2024
8:00PM: The Ragged Claws by Lina Patel
Directed by Daniel Talbott

Tuesday, July 16, 2024
8:00PM: You Welcome by Anne Valentino
Directed by Denise Blasor

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
8:00PM: Burn for You by Regan Moro
Directed by India Kotis

Thursday, July 18, 2024
8:00PM: Incredible Finds, Inc. by Casey J. Adler
Directed by Dana Schwartz

Friday, July 19, 2024
8:00PM: THE POINT by Ali MacLean
Directed by Ryan McGree

Saturday, July 20, 2024
12:00PM: The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi
Directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky

4:00PM: L’HÔTEL by Marisol Medina
Directed by Carlos Lacámara

8:00PM: 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting For John Anderson) by Patricia Cotter
Directed by Meeghan Holaway

Sunday, July 21, 2024
11:00AM: Otherkin by N.T. Vandecar
Directed by Christina Carlisi

3:00PM: In Case of Bruising by Kamila Boga
Directed by Gerard Joseph

8:00PM: This is an evening of one-act play readings

If You See a Hyena by Bara Swain
Directed by Allan Wasserman

USE AS DIRECTED by DeLane McDuffie
Directed by Darryl Johnson

The Artemis Cult by Jeanette Farr
Directed by Ru Kazi

H-O-R-S-E by Kathleen Cahill
Directed by Mark Irvingsen

The Previous Incident Versus a Recent Development by Deborah Dashow Ruth
Directed by Avery Clyde

Think It Through by Craig Gustafson
Directed by John Gowans

Date: July 12-21, 2024

Location: The Road Theatre on Magnolia, 10747 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601

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