EVERYDAY FROM MONDAY 6/21/2021 to FRIDAY 6/25/2021
12:00PM EST
Join us for our DAILY SCRIPT READ presenting our very own local screenwriters work read by local actors followed by a Q&A to talk about their work. These reads will take place online via Zoom.
Daily Reads organized by Actor/Singer and SAG-AFTRA NE Local President, Andrea Lyman.
Casting coordinated by Nada Shaaban and Naheem Garcia.
See under each date for the day’s Daily Read link.
Monday, june 21, 2021
ABOUT THE SCRIPT
CLARITY
A terminal illness forces mother and daughter to deal with the source of their strained relationship.
ACTORS READING
KEITH MASCOLL
CLOTEAL HORNE
ASHLEY ALDARONDO
MEAGAN DILWORTH
JANINE ROBINSON
ASHTON MUÑIZ
tuesday, june 22, 2021
After the reading: An engaging conversation about Black stories and the various unique perspectives brought by those who tell them.
ABOUT THE SCRIPT
DILL
A Black woman living in the time of the American Revolution grapples with love, independence, and her role as a witness in a critical trial.
Inspired by true events.
ACTORS READING
LAWRENCE EVANS
CLOTEAL HORNE
NAHEEM GARCIA
MEAGAN DILWORTH
JANINE ROBINSON
JULIA CARPENTER
KEITH MASCOLL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021
ABOUT THE SCRIPT
18 YEARS: A LETTER TO ZORA
A multigenerational line of Black women seek escape from the multitude of pandemics facing them here on Planet Earth, while also using their supernatural abilities and the power of storytelling to preserve the memories of their ancestry. Who will make it through the plague and persecution to the glimmering hope waiting on the other side of an intergalactic journey?
ACTORS READING
NAHEEM GARCIA
CLOTEAL HORNE
MEAGAN DILWORTH
RICARDY FABRE
KAREN PEREZ
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021
ABOUT THE SCRIPT
THE AMERICAN OF WISCONSIN
The play centers around Gebnga, a Nigerian stand up comedian trying to
find his identity in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. The American tackles themes
of love, gentrification, identity, and race.
ACTORS READING
LAWRENCE EVANS
RAHMAN OLADIGBOLU
RICARDY FABRE
JANINE ROBINSON
ASHTON MUÑIZ
friday, june 25, 2021
*Suprise READING*
ABOUT THE SCRIPT
It’s a surprise, but we promise it’ll be worth waiting for!
ACTORS READING
LAWRENCE EVANS
KEITH MASCOLL
ASHTON MUÑIZ
RAHMAN OLADIGBOLU
JULIA CARPENTER
NAHEEM GARCIA
ASHLEY ALDARONDO