Read & Rant - August

Online Event!

6:30pm-8:30pm MST

Athena Project’s Read & Rant program seeks to combine the sharing of theatrical work with the wider public and the new play development aspects of our former Plays In Progress Series while also fostering collaboration between playwrights and dramaturgs. Think book club for plays! Learn what makes a good script, discuss how it affects us, and explore the ways it links to the larger world. This monthly free offering to the community aims to raise awareness of the under-representation of woman, transgender and nonbinary stories on stage.

Each month, we discuss new and unproduced scripts selected from a nationwide call for submissions. Join us to converse with invited playwrights who bring an in-depth knowledge of the works and theatrical writing at large. Guided by a dramaturg, we also invite you to share your constructive comments, thoughts, and affirmations in order to aid in the development process of the pieces.

Once registered, you will receive an email with links to the scripts - we ask that these by read in advance of the event. Please read this description in full to receive information on how to access the links to scripts once you register.

This month we will be featuring:

Set to Private by Lindsey Walko

An influencer and her creative director are best friends. An influencer and her creative director are sworn enemies. Isabel and Grace try to navigate their tumultuous relationships with boys, with the internet, with themselves, with each other, with NYU.

Dramaturg Facilitator: Sam Collier

The Lesser Leyendecker by Arianna Rose

“Family First” is the motto of the real-life Leyendecker siblings Mary, Joe and Frank. When brothers Frank and Joe find fame as illustrators in the early 1900s, a stranger insinuates himself into their close-knit relationship and threatens everything the three siblings have created. As Joe’s star ascends, and his creation Arrow Collar Man grips the nation, Frank’s self-esteem and work output descends, despite the assistance of his muse Livvy and friendly neighbor. Both brothers were equally talented. Both brothers were homosexual in a time when that was kept behind closed doors. Art and addiction, imagination and illusion meet in this highly theatrical memory play, spanning late 1890s through 1924.

Dramaturg Facilitator: Reilly Conlon

Evening hosted by Athena Project's Literary Manager, Emily Perez, and we are joined by Read & Rant's Resident Dramaturg, Samara Siskind.

You will receive a confirmation email with your registration AND LINKS TO ACCESS THE SCRIPTS. Please be on the lookout for this email - if you scroll down there is a section with information on our plays and links for the scripts. If you do not see this email, please check your spam folder.

The Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed out to attendees 30 minutes prior to the event.