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2023-2024 Reading and Discussion Series
BHCT’s Reading & Discussion Series pairs readings of plays with an open discussion to explore the ideas raised by the script. The 2023-24 series features plays chosen to bring new ideas and fresh perspectives about science, classic literature, and social change to BHCT audiences. Audiences are invited to stay after each reading to engage in an open discussion to share their experience of the play and hear more about the world of the play from a scholar or dramaturg.
The reading and discussion series is 'pay what you can'
Previous Readings
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Now Then Again
By Penny Penniston Sunday September 10th at 2:00pm Studio Theater A time-bending love story between two physicists. Described by The Chicago Sun-Times as “a deft little romantic screwball comedy with a very brainy twist. It brings to mind some of Tom Stoppard's more intellectual theatrical hijinks. But it's also the kind of work that might have beguiled such 1930s and '40s era film directors as Frank Capra and Preston Sturges, who probably would have hired Albert Einstein as a script consultant.” Director: Greg Calhoun Scholar: Dr. Richard Schnee CAST: Ginny: Beccah Loghry Dr. Troussant: Justin Kleiman Henry: Dane A. Floyd Felix: Scott Buchtel Chris: Logan Bauer Minister/Rabbi: Duane Neugebauer Stage Directions: Lucille Bresky
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Humble Boy
By Charlotte Jones Sunday January 7th at 2:00pm Studio Theater All is not well in the Humble Hive. Thirty-five year old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astro-physicist in search of a unified field theory. Following the sudden death of his father, Felix returns to his middle England home and his difficult and demanding mother, where he soon realizes that his search for unity must include his own chaotic home life. Director: Shannon Truax Scholar: Merlyn Q. Sell CAST: Flora: Andrea Surovek Felix: Bart Pfankuch Mercy: Martha Rossiter George: Scott Buchtel Rosie: Caitlin Monahan Jim: Justin Kleiman Stage Directions: Melinda Williams |
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Buzzer
By Tracey Scott Wilson Sunday February 25th at 2:00pm Studio Theater Jackson, an upwardly-mobile black attorney, has just bought an apartment in a transitioning neighborhood in Brooklyn. He sees the potential of his old neighborhood, as does his white girlfriend Suzy…at first. When Jackson’s childhood friend Don leaves rehab to crash with them, the trio quickly becomes trapped between the tensions inside their own home and the dangers that may lurk outside. Director: Bernie McFarling Dramaturg: Lindsey Clouse CAST: Jackson: Dane Floyd Suzy: Laura Savage Don: Ricky Pannone Stage Directions/Man: Pierre Johnson-Alexander |