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:

October 16, 2022, 2:30pm
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR HOUSE
written by Ken Levine
directed by Catherine Aselford
A Southern California wildfire changes the lives of two couples.

November 13, 2022, 2:30pm
THE AFFLICTION
written by John Morogiello
A woman refuses medical treatment until her husband treats her better.

February 5, 2023, 2:30pm
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.

April 16, 2023, 2:30pm
CAPTAIN COBALT VS. THE SINISTER SCIENTIST
written by Sawyer Quinn Brown
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.

​Best Medicine Rep’s Play Reading Series is sponsored by The Nora Roberts Foundation.