Summer Reading Series 2024
We are serving up five full length readings at the Brick this summer. Join for one, two, or all and see what we’ve been up to lately.
The path to a full production is not easy and one benefit of creating in collective is celebrating wins by supporting each other. This August and early September, on the dark days of Sex & the Abbey, we will be showcasing 5 additional plays, one from each Omnivore. We hope you enjoy this sampling of our work.
Also, come join us for a party following the final reading (Wed 09/04) to celebrate after we share our work!
Finally, this reading series was produced with thanks to Mark Toubman, Tom Ferretti, and the Brick Theater.
Unfinished Sketches
Wed 08/21, 7 pm
Brick Aux
Brooklyn, NY
By Chad Kaydo
Directed by Theresa Buchheister + Carsen Joenk
Cast: Matthew Antoci, Julia Brothers, Zoe Geltman, Ben Holbrook + Jesse Pennington. (And Chad and Theresa.)
Scenes from a strange summer—never meant to be performed—become a theatrical essay about family history, mortality, patterns we struggle to break, and why we write (and watch!) plays at all.
Snowbirds
Tues 08/27, 6pm
The Brick
Brooklyn, NY
By Lauren Holmes
Directed by Will Steinberger
Cast: Jeff Biehl, Gilbert Cruz, Langston Darby, Eva Kaminsky, Naomi Lorrain, Tom Nelis, Jay Sanders, Danielle Skraastad and Jeena Yi.
Recent retirees Tom and Joan have hit the road in their new RV, ready to experience the next phase of their lives. When cash gets tight, they pick up work in a warehouse. What happens when our working lives never end?
Edging Men
Wed 08/28, 7pm
The Brick
Brooklyn, NY
By Ian Robles
Directed by Ian Robles
Cast: Jorge Sánchez Díaz, Pauli Pontrelli, Charles Manning
Women are gone for good. The last humans aren’t allowed to go outdoors for their own sanity. Meanwhile, Polo and Gonzo stand at the very edge of the world fantasizing about love and ways to live their best life.
Untitled Generation Ship Play
Thurs 08/29, 4pm
The Brick
Brooklyn, NY
By Diana Ly
Directed by Nana Dakin
Cast: Lindsay Rico, Pun Bandhu, Brenda Wehle, Jackie Rivera, Shreya Muju
Twelve years after the forced evacuation of the planet, the mayor of a city-spaceship commissions a play about Earth. Led by a cynical ex-theatremaker determined to avoid sentimentality, a ragtag group cull through their fading memories to figure out what they want to say about their lost home, from their new floating one.
Hippolytus in Space
Wed 09/04, 6pm
The Brick
Brooklyn, NY
By Phillip Christian Smith
Directed by Jack Serio
Cast: Will Dagger, Daniel K. Isaac, Justin Mark, Robin Miles + Thomas Jay Ryan
Creon brings his young husband Phraedric, and his friend Brad, to a roaming space station to care for his troubled son Hippolytus, who has been left in isolation for five years due to an interstellar pandemic with an AI named Serena as his only company. When Creon returns to the Earth Planet to arrange marriages for his children, Phraedric's feelings for his stepson come to the fore, as does Brad's meddling.