IN LOCKDOWN
WEEKLY PLAY READING SERIES
April -July 2020
As theatre practitioners during lockdown, most of us found ourselves out of jobs, isolated, and with a lot more time on our hands. This Weekly Play reading series sought to bring the theatre community together, virtually, during time of loneliness and separation, amidst the hardships and volatile world outside our doors.
Calling on actors, directors, playwrights, designers, professionals, educators, and students from across the nation (Union & Non-Union), Cats Cradle curated 2 - 3 readings a week. Most of the play selections were focused on social awareness and each reading included a vigorous post-read conversation.
This project was intended to energize theatre practitioners, introduce artists to text with diverse perspectives and narrative, and build and renew relationships across a hurting world.
LIST OF PLAYS
** denotes new play/workshop
HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF - Liliana Padilla
BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF COVID - Sharece M. Sellem
PROWESS - Ike Holter
RED - John Logan
SLAVE PLAY - Jeremy O. Harris
SHE KILLS MONSTERS, VIRTUAL REALMS - Qui Nguyen
** DON'T BE TOO SURPRISED - Geun-Hyung Park, translated by Kee-Yoon Nahm
EQUIVOCATION - Bill Cain
WITCH - Jen Silverman
FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS - Meg Miroshnik
DANCE NATION - Clare Barron
ROUSTABOUT: THE GREAT CIRCUS TRAIN WRECK! - Jay Torrence
GLORIA - Brandon Jacobs Jenkins
WOMEN'S MINYAN - Naomi Ragen
THE NETHER - Jennifer Haley
WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD - Sheila Callaghan
NO EXIT - Jean Paul Sartre
BRIGHT IDEAS - Eric Coble
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT - Stephen Adly Guirgis
CHOIR BOY - Tarell Alvin McCraney
ROE - Lisa Loomer
** OF MAN - Joe Bianco & The Opposition Collective
GRAVEYARD SHIFT - Korde Arrington Tuttle
** 72 HOURS IN LENINGRAD - Alison Sullivan
FAIRVIEW - Jackie Sibblies Drury
ARCADIA - Tom Stoppard
NEVERWHERE - Neil Gaiman
** DON'T LAUGH, IT'S FUNNY - Nate Foster
HANGMAN - Martin McDonagh
PENELOPIAD - Margaret Atwood
** IF I WERE YOU, AND OTHER ELVIS PRESLEY SONGS - Leah Roth Barsanti
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY - Larissa FastHorse
ROCK 'N' ROLL - Tom Stoppard
(in partnership with Coalescence Theatre)
