Play Readings
The Wilma will present rehearsed readings of exciting new plays under consideration for the upcoming 2012/2013 Season. Audiences are invited to participate in the discussions immediately following the readings as the Wilma gathers input and responses to plays. Readings are FREE, and reservations are required. For tickets, please call the Box Office at 215.546.7824 or email tickets@wilmatheater.org.
Bootycandy
by and directed by Robert O'Hara
Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 7:30pm
This kaleidoscope of sassy lessons in sex education speaks the truth about growing up gay and African American. With outrageous humor and real heart, it tests how we talk about our bodies at home, in church, and on the corner. Featuring Forrest McClendon (Tony® Nominee from The Scottsboro Boys), Ross Beschler, Melanye Finister, Phillip James Brannon, and Jessica Frances Dukes.
Lungs
by Duncan MacMillan
Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 3pm
Lungs, a new play by rising young British playwright Duncan MacMillan, is the intimate story of one man and one woman's quest for love, sex, and parenthood amidst responsibilities both large and small. At turns funny and moving, the couple wrestles with whether or not to start a family at a time of environmental and societal uncertainty. Featuring Kate Czajkowski and Ross Beschler; directed by Matt Pfeiffer.
The Big Fellah
by Richard Bean
Monday, January 16, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Young fireman Michael Doyle decides to live up to his Irish heritage by joining the IRA. He's recruited by Costello, the charismatic "Big Fellah", who wants to use Doyle's brownstone apartment in The Bronx as a safe house for an escaped killer. But it soon becomes clear that someone is leaking information to the FBI... This dark, glinting, funny story of loyalty, disillusion and betrayal spans three turbulent decades. Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors is currently selling out on London’s West End. Featuring Keith Conallen, Kate Czajkowski, Maia DeSanti, Joe Guzman, Kevin Meehan, Pete Pryor,
The Clockmaker
by Stephen Massicotte
Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Herr Mann is having a very strange day: he is trying to fill out the forms Monsieur Pierre has given him, but the clockmaker can’t figure out why he’s here or what he might be charged with. The Clockmaker is a Kafkaesque romance that muses about the nature of time, memory and the hereafter: Kafka’s The Trial meets Heaven Can Wait. Featuring Peter DeLaurier, Doug Hara, Kevin Meehan, and Genevieve Perrier; directed by Walter Bilderback.
Constellations
by Nick Payne
Friday, February 3, 2012 @ 3pm
Marianne and Roland meet at a barbecue. From this simple premise, playwright Nick Payne creates a work about beekeeping and the multiverse, free will, chance, and love, that critics have already compared to “Tom Stoppard, Michael Frayn, and Caryl Churchill at their best” (The Telegraph). Featuring Krista Apple and Dan Hodge; directed by Will Steinberger.
The Little Years
by John Mighton
Sunday, February 5, 2012 @ 5pm
As a girl growing up in the 1950s, Kate is fascinated by the physics of space and time, an interest dismissed by those around her as unbecoming to a young woman. While her brother William achieves literary renown, her family struggles to reach the brilliant Kate as she grows from teen to troubled woman – but will her inquiring spirit leave no legacy behind? An inspiring look at an uncommon woman and the myriad ways in which we touch each other’s lives. Featuring Christopher Donahue, Amanda Grove, Joe Guzman, Sara Yoko Howard, Karen Peakes, Catharine Slusar, Mary Tuomanen; directed by David Stradley.