FRESH INK READING SERIES 2017

The Fresh Ink reading series is the first opportunity to hear seven brand new plays from the playwrights in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. All readings are free and open to the public. To RSVP please email readings@primarystages.org or call Emmy Albritton at 212-840-9705.

Ruby Horse Thief
by Jonathan Caren
Monday, May 15 at 2PM
An exploration of love and monogamy set at a river-rafting bachelor-party turned upside down when a mysterious woman shows up on a kayak.

Every Three Hundredth Night
by Mat Smart
Tuesday, May 16 at 2PM
When a new volunteer arrives to an organic farm in Mendoza, Argentina, an unstable peace collapses into blood and song.

God Said This
by Leah Nanako Winkler
Wednesday, May 17 at 2PM
James, a recovering alcoholic in Lexington, Kentucky seeks redemption from his family as his wife gets treatment for a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer.

Live Wife
by Caroline V. McGraw, Music by Melissa Lusk
Wednedsay, May 17 at 6PM
A woman dies. Her musician husband records an album about her death. Now she's back from beyond and she has some notes. A play with music.

Vroom Vroom
by Josh Koenigsberg
Thursday, May 18 at 6PM
A Chevy dealership in upstate NY has a week to hit their sales goal to stay open before infighting and scandal shut them down for good.

A People's Guide to History in the Time of Here and Now
by Rehana Lew Mirza
Friday, May 19 at 2PM
A Muslim-American student engages in a battle of wills with her Civics teacher. What is history when there are two versions of the present?

The Turn
by Ryan King
Friday, May 19 at 5PM
Xavier has got something going on the side, but after a bad decision, the gig gets cancelled. When he finds out his bosses have been lying to him and the heist is still on, shit goes down.

Primary Stages is committed to supporting playwrights at all stages of their careers and providing an artistic home where they can hone their craft and develop their latest works.