Past Staged Readings

One & Two Part Inventions
by Gib Wallis
May 26, 2004 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
One-act plays about sex, money, power, gender and more.
Godislav
by Nancy Beverly
Oct. 24, 2004 • Boston Court Theatre, Pasadena
A documentary filmmaker uncovers the mysteries surrounding a surgeon who survived the Chechnya-Russia civil wars.
Play It Cool
by Larry Dean Harris + Mark Winkler
Aug. 10, 2005 • Celebration Theatre, Hollywood
A new 1950s Hollywood jazz musical.  With a twist.
Nymphony in 12-D
by Gib Wallis
June 22, 2005 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A musical farce when a nymph offers an aspiring musician fame in return for some fleshly relief.
The Rock of Abandon
by Steve Blackburn
Sept. 7, 2005 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
The notorious playwright Euripides braves the wrath of generals bent on launching a war and hunts the killers of a courtesan he once loved.
Truth
by Laura Black
Oct. 5, 2005 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
Three friends stranded in a cabin are forced to confront the falsehoods that underlie their relationships.
Murder at the Palace
by Jan O’Connor
Nov. 2, 2005 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A comedic spin on the Hamlet story set in 1920′s Vaudeville.
Wounded
by Amy Tofte
Feb. 22, 2006 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A love triangle set against the backdrop of  the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.

The Prodigal Father
by Larry Dean Harris
March 15, 2006 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
Alzheimer’s, homosexuality, alcoholism + family. Needless to say, it’s a comedy.
Pinning Pamela
by Kelly Maglia
Oct. 24, 2006 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
One of Harvard’s brightest students knows what she wants — and it’s her professor.
Ravensridge
by T.S. Cook
Nov. 15, 2006 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A drama based on a true story of an American steelworker accused in Russia of manslaughter.
Unconditional
by Robert Manning Jr.
Nov. 29, 2006 • Theatre/Theatre, Los Angeles
A love story about an irresponsible corporate “suit” in pursuit of his soul and
his free-spirited neighbor.
Christmas  Rush
by the P6 Workshop Writers
Dec. 5, 2006 • Borders Books, Hollywood
A special in-store performance.
Run the Meat
by Laura Black
March 7, 2007 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A raunchy comedy screenplay with a heart, “Meat” follows two young men with different ideas about growing up.
Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain
By Monica Trasandes
June 12, 2007 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
A Story About Amnesia, Love & the Things You Never Meant to Say”
The Magic Hour
By John Ireland
December 9, 2007 • The Ruby Theatre, Los Angeles
A Hollywood love story filled with murder, fame, dreams and treachery. Drive
By Laura Black
June 22, 2008 • Meta Theatre, Los Angeles
A dramedy of a woman’s journey following a tragic accident exploring the themes of deconstruction and reconstruction, denial and guilt and ultimately forgiveness. Her Bump
By Monica Trasandes
August 21, 2008 • Meta Theatre, Los Angeles
A comedic examination of celebrity, gossip, paparazzi and how the possibility of a single baby can turn the world on its ear. Brothers
By Robert Manning, Jr.
September 16, 2008 • Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica
An African American Yale Law graduate is given the case of a lifetime that taps into his family’s history in this exploration of socioeconomic issues and race in America. Handcrafted Healing
By Nancy Beverly
September 27, 2008 • Meta Theatre, Los Angeles
A master craftswoman and her partner read the signs, pick the treatments and hold on to their lives as they navigate a life-threatening illness and learn the power of faith. Say Goodbye, Toto
By Amy Heidish
November 9, 2008 • Lex Theatre, Hollywood
A freshly comedic retelling of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” from Toto’s point of view, as he battles Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion for Dorothy’s affection. Broken Ink
by John Ireland
June 28, 2009 * Meta Theatre, Los Angeles
An abstract drama dealing with the confrontation of pain and absurdities in life and death.
Goliath
by David Duman
September 14, 2009 • Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles
David travels to Virginia to visit his dying grandmother, while – in the sun-scorched deserts of Biblical-era Gath – Goliath prepares for battle. The two worlds collapse into a comic re-envisioning of their
mythic duel.
Guest of Honor
by David C. Field
December 9th, 2009 • Meta Theatre, Los Angeles
The discovery of Scott Joplin’s lost opera ignites parallel acts of betrayal in the present and in the past.