The John & Joyce Ambruster
Play-Reading Series, 2021–2022

A few years ago, we decided we’d like to present more plays to our Rogue audience. Our season schedule was too full to offer more fully-produced plays, so we decided to produce a play-reading series. At the very same time, John & Joyce Ambruster asked to fund a special project at The Rogue.

It was a perfect marriage.

In The John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series we offer readings of plays that might be of interest to our Rogue audience. Each play is rehearsed by a group of actors for about 12 hours and performed with scripts in hand. Some of these plays will be fully produced in future years, and some of the plays are just interesting to hear once. Either way, you get to taste more plays each year.

The 2021–2022 Season of Play-Readings

Scenes from a Marriage

by Ingmar Bergman, English Version by Emily Mann

Directed by Joseph McGrath
Featuring Hunter Hnat, Christopher Johnson, Cynthia Meier, Carley Elizabeth Preston, and Vaune Suitt

An account of the human politics of a relationship through all the stages of life—from youth to middle age to maturity.

Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Let Me Down Easy

by Anna Deavere Smith

Directed by Christopher Johnson
Lighting Design and Stage Management by Shannon Wallace

Preshow music performed by Ana Maria Iodache on guitar
Featuring Julia Balestracci, Matthew Lai, Cynthia Meier and Carley Elizabeth Preston

A moving and hypnotic exploration of humanity’s resilience as told through the lens of our national debate on healthcare.

Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Loveplay

by Moira Buffini

A witty and poetic romp down a trail of seductions, transactions, and encounters that have taken place at the same location in London over the last 2,000 years.

Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2:00 pm

The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window

by Lorraine Hansberry

A story about a man named Sidney, his pitfalls within his personal life, and struggles in the Bohemian culture of 1960s Greenwich Village. From the author of A Raisin in the Sun.

Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 2:00 pm

Single tickets to each reading are available for $17, or you can purchase season tickets for the final three readings for $45, or the final two readings for $30.
Season ticket holders are provided reserved seating.