New Play Reading Series

TDPS' New Play Reading Series is a unique collaboration that brings undergraduate and graduate students together in a repertory company to produce two to three staged readings of contemporary plays each semester.

Working alongside students from the Graduate Group in Performance Studies, undergraduate company members get a taste of the early stages of new play development, have opportunities to meet and work with emerging playwrights and directors, and perform in staged readings open to the public.

Upcoming Readings

LIMÃO Y SAL by linda maria girón

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
6pm–7pm
Dwinelle Hall, Room B-4

From rags to riches. From gentrified to gentrifiers. Newly married and Michelin-starred chef Renata Machado is living her ancestors' wildest dreams. But after an unsavory review, the fate of the restaurant and Renata's reputation are in limbo. A quest for redemption soon spirals into a destructive obsession, and just as Renata's whole world seems to collapse, so does the global food chain. Learn More

THE BUGS by Sloka Krishnan

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
6pm–7pm
Dwinelle Hall, Room B-4

Genevieve Ingleside, disgraced future Baroness of Savannah, has escaped her family’s stifling country estate and found a life for herself in the city, navigating newfound intimacies in a time of plague and surveillance. Her grandmother, meanwhile, remains at home. When both find themselves in the crossfire of a public health and/or -relations crisis, they are forced to reconsider the strength of their family ties ... and of their facility with a pair of gardening shears. Learn More