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The Playreaders Club

The Playreaders Club
The Playreaders Club
Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown
Creating a community for theatre lovers
Playreaders Club
Leigh Silverman and David Henry Hwang
Leigh Silverman and David Henry Hwang
Diana Son
Diana Son

Bringing together the theatre community!

In partnership with the Drama Book Shop, the Playreaders Club brings together theatre enthusiasts, professionals, students, and educators to read and discuss interesting work each month – through virtual and in-person events with special guests at The Drama Book Shop. Each play is selected by an expert committee with an aim to raise awareness of playwrights and works that audiences may not have heard about or seen before on stage.

The Playreaders Club is a fundraising initiative supporting the American Theatre Wing. By joining our Patreon, you’ll not only enjoy receiving plays and attending our incredible in-person and virtual meetings, but you’ll also help empower emerging artists and underserved theatre organizations across the country. Your support makes a difference!

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PAST PLAYS

2024
– For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
– Stop Kiss by Diana Son
– Angels in America by Tony Kushner
– Porcelain by Chay Yew
– Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang
– Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
– Black Girl by J. E. Franklin
– Wolf Play by Hansol Jung
– Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield
– Dr. Ride’s American Beach House by Liza Birkenmeier
– An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

2025

– Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector
– Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress
– John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
– Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George
– Endlings by Celine Song
– The Inheritance by Matthew López
– The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson
– Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh
– Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
– Well by Lisa Kron
– Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard
– Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

2026

– The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell
– Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson
– Vietgone by Qui Nguyen
– Primary Trust by Eboni Booth
– Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee
– Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
– Confederates by Dominique Morisseau
– The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
– Witch by Jen Silverman

 

 

 

 

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