Table Reads

PlayZoomers occasionally offers playwrights a one-time, low-stress opportunity to see and hear their draft script “on its feet” on Zoom. These readings are part of a selection process for plays we may consider producing in the future.

Before the Table Read, the director casts actors, considers production details, and holds one or two rehearsals.

The Table Read takes place on Zoom with a small audience. This often includes the PlayZoomers Board of Directors and a few interested playwrights, directors, actors, and guests. As desired, the playwright receives constructive feedback after the workshop and can choose to make changes to future versions of the script.

If you would like to underwrite a Table Read of one of your scripts, please email us at PlayZoomers@gmail.com

Some of our Table Reads include:

“Love Scenes & Revisions,” written and directed by Gordon Woolvett
Aug. 5, 2024

“As Pat Glides on Into the Future” by Barry Weinberg
May 20, 2024
Directed by Tony Tambasco

“PayDayus Ex Machina” by Chuck Smith
May 20, 2024
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard

“Safe Harbor” by James McLindon
May 13, 2024
Directed by Jan Carpman

“Charlotte’s Revival” by Ben Scranton
May 13, 2024
Directed by Stewart Harrison

“Much Ado About Ed,” “Romeo and Richard,” and “To Be or Not To Be Shakespeare,” by Jennifer O’Grady
July 16, 2023
Directed by Jack Rushton
With Bruce Deveau, John Van Drie, Brad Ritchie, Allan Haley, and Ian Owens

“The Follow-Up Fellow,” by Thomas W. Stephens
July 9, 2023
Directed by Steve Yakutis
With Eric-Jon Tasker and Jean Childers Arnold

“The Two of Them,” by Joe Sutton
January 24, 2023
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard
With Janit Baldwin and Jean Childers Arnold

“The Waiting Room” by Steven Shapiro
January 16, 2023
Directed by Bari Biern
With Jenny Corbett and Kevin Corbett

“The End of Society,” by Ben Scranton
January 16, 2023
Directed by Jan Carpman
With Crystal Watford Nuchurch and Chad Marriott

“Filling in the Gaps,” by Ken Green
January 16, 2023
Directed by Morgan Duncan
With Cynthia Smith and Alric Davis

“Grandma and Her Bar Mitzvah Boy,” by Ernie Joselovitz
July 18, 2022
Directed by Rosa Stern Pait
With Barbara Rappaport and Cole Friedman

“Pre-War,” by Jennifer O’Grady
July 18, 2022
Directed by Kenli Doss
With Jerzy Jung and Patti Allis Mengers

“Because She’s My Mother,” by Paula Stone
July 11, 2022
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard
With Alice Simon, Dana Hubbard, Carolyn Wickwire, Nancy Dydak, Janit Baldwin, Howard Raik, Don Converse, Duchess Dale

“How We Saved the World,” by Jack Beatty
January 10, 2022
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard
With Stephen Benson and Joshua Secunda

“The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Rest of the Story,” by Christopher Hencke
July 12, 2021
Directed by Patti Allis Mengers
With David P. Kozinski, Nancy Dydak, Michael Toner, Eileen Mengers, Raymond P. Smith, Jerzy Jung

“Rent a Meemaw,” by George Hicks
May 24, 2021
Directed by Steve Yakutis
With Kristina Feldesman, Karen White, Laura Hubbard, Webster McDonald, Cathy Cavender, Johanna Wald, Lisa White, Michael Curry, Eric-Jon Tasker

“Remedios,” a screenplay by Janit Baldwin
May 10, 2021
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard
With Jana Krumholz, Alice Mary Manning, Laura Hubbard, Joaquín Madrid Larrañaga, Christopher DeSantis, Steve Yakutis, Nick Ronan, Eric-Jon Tasker, Dana Hubbard

“An Unusual Lunch,” by Joel Bresler
March 8, 2021
Directed by Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard
With Sabrina Carmichael, Janit Baldwin, George Dougherty, Mary Carol Dougherty, Gary Giurbino, Steve Yakutis, Audrey Appleby, Norm Thibeault

“Queen of the Sea,” by Michael Brady
Feb. 22, 2021
Directed by Rhonda Goldstein
With Amy D’Aulerio, Jean Childers-Arnold, Omar Samad