Our 2025 - 2026 Reading Series
Here's your chance to become a part of the creative process by giving us feedback on these five new comedies. Each of them will be presented in the Hefner Auditorium at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. Entrance is at the corner of Odendhal and Lost Knife Road. Admission is free. No tickets necessary.
October 22, 2025, 7pm
THE AFFLICTION
written & directed by John Morogiello
A dysfunctional marriage has never been so funny! Tired of being treated so disrespectfully by her husband, a woman refuses medical treatment until he changes his ways. A dark sitcom by the artistic director of Best Medicine Rep!
December 17, 2025, 7pm
TODD AND PITTS
written by Rand Higbee
directed by Rocky Nunzio
ZaSu Pitts was a dramatic actress in the silent movie era, but Hollywood has transitioned to sound and her career is floundering. Her friend Thelma Todd suggests she switch to comedy so that they can team up and become the female answer to Laurel and Hardy.
February 18, 2026, 7pm
KAFKA'S JOKE
written by Rich Rubin
directed by Matthew Marcus
A surreal twisty comedy about art, cultural identity and international politics -- and a story so insane it can only be true.
April 15, 2026, 7pm
DINKERS TAMING BANGERS
written by Kim E. Ruyle
directed by Mia Amado
When friendly rivals Kate and Bebe wager on who can reform their pickleball partners’ play styles—one a reckless banger, the other a timid dinker—the battle of wills on the court turns into a hilarious war of strategy, pride, and unexpected transformation.
June 17, 2026, 7pm
DIVORCE HONEYMOON
written by Tim Boland
directed by Stan Levin
Renee and Peter have come to the Dominican Republic for one last weekend of intimacy before separating. But what starts as a frothy soufflé of enlightened parting soon turns into a Battle Royale of the sexes, exploring contemporary male and female roles and the eternal struggle between the need for independence and what it takes to sustain a lifelong union.
THE AFFLICTION
written & directed by John Morogiello
A dysfunctional marriage has never been so funny! Tired of being treated so disrespectfully by her husband, a woman refuses medical treatment until he changes his ways. A dark sitcom by the artistic director of Best Medicine Rep!
December 17, 2025, 7pm
TODD AND PITTS
written by Rand Higbee
directed by Rocky Nunzio
ZaSu Pitts was a dramatic actress in the silent movie era, but Hollywood has transitioned to sound and her career is floundering. Her friend Thelma Todd suggests she switch to comedy so that they can team up and become the female answer to Laurel and Hardy.
February 18, 2026, 7pm
KAFKA'S JOKE
written by Rich Rubin
directed by Matthew Marcus
A surreal twisty comedy about art, cultural identity and international politics -- and a story so insane it can only be true.
April 15, 2026, 7pm
DINKERS TAMING BANGERS
written by Kim E. Ruyle
directed by Mia Amado
When friendly rivals Kate and Bebe wager on who can reform their pickleball partners’ play styles—one a reckless banger, the other a timid dinker—the battle of wills on the court turns into a hilarious war of strategy, pride, and unexpected transformation.
June 17, 2026, 7pm
DIVORCE HONEYMOON
written by Tim Boland
directed by Stan Levin
Renee and Peter have come to the Dominican Republic for one last weekend of intimacy before separating. But what starts as a frothy soufflé of enlightened parting soon turns into a Battle Royale of the sexes, exploring contemporary male and female roles and the eternal struggle between the need for independence and what it takes to sustain a lifelong union.
