Readings of New Plays in Development

Two events, five new scripts!

Saturday, July 26:

Hollow Peace by Aaditya Verma

Winner of the 2025 NotaBle Acts High School Playwriting Contest

Three survivors struggle to maintain their sanity and not fall victim to paranoia months after a great calamity.

AND:

Trinity General by Merrit Johnson

Runner up for the 2025 NotaBle Acts High School Playwriting Contest

A Nurse and the mother to a teenage son who has sustained a brain injury first bond, then clash over his treatment.

Directed by Neomi Iudit and featuring Acasha Knowles, Grace Sappier, and Raine O’Connor.

Followed by:

The Two Hour Bride by Stacey Richards

A runner-up in the 2025 NotaBle Acts One-Act Playwriting Competition

The Two Hour Bride is a dramatic imagining of a true story from Ireland’s history, that of Grace Gifford, who married one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion just two hours before his execution by the British Army in Dublin’s Kilmainham Prison.

The Enemy of the Mind, Trinity General, and The Two Hour Bride will be performed starting at 2 PM in the Jim Myles Auditorium, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.

Admission: by donation

Sunday, July 27:

Amber Hope Porter by NotaBle Acts Playwright in Residence Beth Graham

Amber and her mother have moved from the suburbs into a downtown apartment building. It’s a strange new world for Amber with secret lives, lived behind each identical door. A story of unlikely friendship, and the possibility of new beginnings.

Directed by Beth Graham and featuring Mary Walker, Rebekah Chassé, and Len Falkenstein.

The Day the Universe Felt a Little Smaller by Joshua Burke

A runner-up in the 2025 NotaBle Acts One-Act Playwriting Competition

A group of friends and strangers gathered outside Picaroons to witness the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 make new connections and discover a universe of change and possibility.

Directed by Mary Walker. Featuring Scott Harris, Raine O’Connor, Devin Rockwell, Brie Sparks, Sara Hughes, and Jordan Comeau.

Amber Hope Porter and The Day the Universe Felt a Little Smaller will be performed starting at 2 PM in the Jim Myles Auditorium, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.

Admission: by donation