Every February Best Medicine Rep solicits scripts from playwrights, as part of our mission to develop new comedies. Last year, we read more than 200 plays, six of which were chosen for our reading series. All readings are offered free to the public. Just come on by, grab a seat, and tell us what you thought. Your feedback helps us better meet your needs, and helps the playwright develop the script even further. Many of our MainStage productions started as readings. Here's what's on tap:
February 5, 2023, 2:30pm
CRAZY LOVE
written by Mark Harvey Levine
Eight short stories about love – between lovers, friends, neighbors, and livestock.
CRAZY LOVE
written by Mark Harvey Levine
Eight short stories about love – between lovers, friends, neighbors, and livestock.
March 26, 2023, 2:30pm
A POSITION OF RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
written by Hal Borden
An out-of-work philosophy major goes to great lengths to get a job.
A POSITION OF RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
written by Hal Borden
An out-of-work philosophy major goes to great lengths to get a job.
April 16, 2023, 2:30pm
CAPTAIN COBALT VS. THE SINISTER SCIENTIST
written by Sawyer Quinn Brown
directed by Yvonne Paretzky
An up-and-coming superhero tries to balance her heroic deeds with her secret identity.
CAPTAIN COBALT VS. THE SINISTER SCIENTIST
written by Sawyer Quinn Brown
directed by Yvonne Paretzky
An up-and-coming superhero tries to balance her heroic deeds with her secret identity.
June 11, 2023, 2:30pm
JUST A RUMOR
written by Gary Lyons and Doug DeVita
based on an idea by Gary Lyons
When a Hollywood legend dies in the kitchen of his longtime mistress, it's the mistress who must inform the legend's wife.
JUST A RUMOR
written by Gary Lyons and Doug DeVita
based on an idea by Gary Lyons
When a Hollywood legend dies in the kitchen of his longtime mistress, it's the mistress who must inform the legend's wife.