2027 Winter Depot

On Zoom

All Readings run 2-5 PM (EST)

3 January: Heather Beasley “The Gentle Life-Changing Magic of Burning It All Down to the Ground”*+

A video-game developer and her hoarder mother must sort through the detritus of a life in thirty days, without killing themselves or each other.

24 January: Steph DeFerie “Invasion of the Brain Eaters from Outer Space”*

In 1956, aliens infiltrate a high school in small town America to test a weapon before a full-out invasion and only our heroine Mary Sue seems immune to its effects - the fate of the planet rests with her!

7 February: Day of Shorts

• Donald E. Baker “The Chateau Rainbeau Holiday Door Decorating Contest”*+

A heartfelt gay story of rivalry, resilience, and love after seventy.

• Ken Preuss “A Benevolent Alliance of Mourners”*+

A student, home from college for the funeral of a friend, and a singer, hired to perform at the service, meet by chance outside the church, conversing, confessing, and connecting in unexpected ways.

• Kevin Brodie “All Sales Final”*+

Roy, anticipating the rapture, is selling his home and all his earthly belongings at a tag sale, but is confronted by his neighbor and long estranged friend Frank who believes Roy is actually afraid to mourn his wife’s death.

• Jack Rushton “Chattanooga”*+

  As the sun sets on two lives, the sun also rises.

*Indicates playwright(s) will be present at the reading.

+Indicates the play is available to read on the New Play Exchange

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