5th Annual Reading Series

Free Market (The Working Project)
commissioned by The Working Theater and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey
by Jim Grimsley, Julie Jensen, Sachi Oyama, OyamO, Guillermo Reyes, Elaine Romero, Karen Sunde, Ching Valdes-Aran, Dolores Whiskeyman and William Wise
directed by Joseph Megel
with Constance Boardman, Elisabeth Lewis Corley, Carlo D’Amore, Kevin R. Free, Arthur French and Zabryna Guevra<
The American Place Theater
Ten playwrights explore the meaning of work through the eyes of an actor, a sex care worker, a folk healer, an office worker, a farmer, members of a black caucus and a poodle stylist.

The 7th of October
commissioned by The Working Theater
by Linda Faigao-Hall
directed by Mark Plesent
with Robert Arcaro, Constance Boardman, Jude Chavez, Sarah Gifford, Peter Herman, Ernest Mingione, Dean Nolan and William Wise
American Place Theater
An exploration of the life of Ron Woods, the first gay United Auto Workers union delegate.

Affirmative Action
commissioned by The Working Theater
by Herman Daniel Farrell III
directed by John Steber
with Christina Apathy, Larry Block, Mike Hodge, Rochelle Hogue, Larry Keith, Rosemary Knower, Jon Krupp, Akili Prince and Brenda Thomas
American Place Theater
A black admissions officer and a white professor in a small liberal arts college try to put aside irreconcilable differences and fall in love.

Waiter, Waiter
by David Simpatico
directed by Steven Williford
with Randy Danson, Jerry Dixon, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Bill Flatley, Jennifer Gibbs, Emily Loesser, Robert Montano, Pamela Newkirk-Arkin, Robert Strickstein, Susan Wilbur and Jane Young
American Place Theater
A brutally honest look at life, love, sex, death and decaffeinated coffee.