Reading
Series
LOUANNA O. CARLIN & JOHN MCDONALD READING SERIES
Each season The Acting Company hosts a series of staged readings. A mixture of new texts, classics of the canon, and forgotten favorites these readings are a showcase of our alumni and a chance to explore other works by playwrights and directors featured in our National Tours.
The 2023 series is generously supported by Richard Reilly.
THE MISANTHROPE
By Molière
Translated by Neil Bartlett
Directed by Producing Director Devin Brain
7pm Monday, February 6, 2023
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 W 42nd St, New York
Bartlett’s uproarious translation of Molière’s comedy of manners transports the formal court of Louis XIV into a Hollywood film studio, while retaining the rhymed couplets and verse of classical French.
BILLY STRAYHORN: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
Music and Lyrics by Billy Strayhorn
Written by Rob Zellers with Kent Gash
Musical Direction by Matthew Whitaker
Directed by Kent Gash
7pm Monday, March 6, 2023
Mainstage Theater
416 W 42nd St, New York
This captivating story of openly gay jazz innovator Billy Strayhorn and his collaborations with Duke Ellington features his rousing hits, including “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Lush Life,” in charting Strayhorn’s groundbreaking creativity, activism, and relationships.
This performance is underwritten by Abigail Klem Spector & Warren Spector.
THREE SISTERS AFTER CHEKHOV
Written by Mustapha Matura
Directed by Seret Scott
7pm Monday, May 22, 2023
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 W 42nd St, New York
In Colonial Trinidad 1941, three sisters endure a mundane but privileged life in the capital, Port of Spain. Adapted from one of Chekhov’s greatest works, Mustapha Matura examines the question of cultural identity and the way people transform themselves – willingly or unconsciously – in order to survive.
This performance is underwritten by John and Jill Gilbert.