Readings of New Plays in Development

Three events, four new scripts!

PLAY OUT LOUD, EVENT #1: SATURDAY, JULY 25

DENNIS, or, the deepest layer of non-remove by NotaBle Acts Playwright in Residence Jill Connell

I’m Dennis, and this is a portrait of my neighbour with imaging notes from the hospital by the sex club. A new play about finding consent within our various co-habitations, DENNIS is an attempt to understand our bodies and our homes amidst their own mutiny and breakdown. Like Miranda July meets David Lynch, Connell explores what we can see of our bodies and our surroundings versus what is deeply felt but beyond our vision. Asking: at what frequency – at what magnification or threshold – do things appear?

DENNIS will be read starting at 2 PM in the Jim Myles Auditorium, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.

Admission: by donation

To be followed by a performance of The Refrain by Jared Mallard (3 PM). (Tickets: $15 General; $12 Students/Seniors/Underemployed, available at the door.)

PLAY OUT LOUD, EVENT #2: Sunday, July 26:

Exit Stage Right, Please! By Bea Best

Winner of the 2026 NotaBle Acts Middle School Playwriting Contest

Best friends Addie, Caroline, Jasmin, and Ella contemplate a world beyond school, and high school drama, as the lights go down on their final school production.

Directed by Neomi Iudit and featuring Sarah Osier, Marianna Veneziani, Ollie MacLeod, and  Brianna Parker-Tarasco

Exit Stage Right, Please! will be read starting at 2 PM in the Jim Myles Auditorium, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.

Admission: by donation

To be followed by a performance of The Refrain by Jared Mallard (3 PM). (Tickets: $15 General; $12 Students/Seniors/Underemployed, available at the door.)

PLAY OUT LOUD, EVENT #3: Saturday, August 1:

Detective Richard by Monika Rennick

A runner-up in the 2026 NotaBle Acts One-Act Playwriting Competition

Barbara comes to LeBlanc Studios, New Brunswick’s major film studio, to audition to be the new Detective Richard, NB’s answer to James Bond. Little does she know the secret as to quite how long in the tooth the studio executives are, or how eternal a commitment this role will require.

Directed by Neomi Iudit and featuring Marianna Veneziani, Brianna Parker-Tarasco, Raine O’Connor, and Heather Stuckless.

AND

The Coleman Frog by Jason McIntyre

A runner-up in the 2026 NotaBle Acts One-Act Playwriting Competition

A completely true, not at all fanciful version of the completely true, not at all fanciful story of Fredericton’s completely true, not at all made-up famous mythological frog, done puppet-style.

Directed by Len Falkenstein

Detective Richard and The Coleman Frog will be read starting at 2 PM in the Jim Myles Auditorium, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street.

Admission: by donation