
MONDAY READINGS
#HTCMondays

Join us on Monday at 7PM!
Our popular play reading series is a forum where new works are given their first voice, and established works are performed just for fun...or sometimes, for possible inclusion as main stage productions in future seasons!
Evenings consist of a play reading performance followed by a lively audience discussion.
Admission is free.
Donations are welcome!
2 New Short Plays
November 14, 2022
7:00pm
WITHOUT US THEY FALL APART
by Alexis Kozak
When two teachers get caught having an affair, everything they know gets called into question. Throw in some Chilean gods that even the Chileans haven't heard of, and you have a world that nobody wants to remember but cannot forget.
Cast: JMe Marcinczyk, Renne Panagos, PJ Benson, Alexis Kozak
Alexis studied Theatre Arts and English at Rutgers University. He spent his early 20s in Los Angeles, chasing the dream. Sometime after that, he got an MFA in Playwriting from Boston University, and now teaches high school theatre, where he often writes the fall play. He has published The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, the only current dramatic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s eponymous short story. He also has a scene book for high school actors called The Greatest of All Time, carried by Eldridge Publishing. He loves theatre, soccer, reading, and his family…in no particular order. His new full-length play, Then One Foggy Christmas Eve, opens this Thursday at Middletown High School South.
Visit his website at www.alexiskozak.com
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CONNIE THE BRAIN AND ME, IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
by Evan Krachman
“Connie the Brain and Me, it’s the thought that counts”; is a new comedy that explores the world of our most inner thoughts. Harris, a man of uncertain age is grappling with aging and overloaded with too much information. His world is turned upside down when Connie & the Brain challenge Harris’ very existence. Together the three face off to find the right equilibrium of life, laughter and the pursuit of sanity.
Cast: PJ Benson, Joanne Dinapoli, Alitia Faccone
Evan Krachman is a playwright based in New Jersey and has written 64 plays since 2012. His plays have been produced in New Jersey, New York and California. In 2019 Muy Caliente was produced for the “Some Like it Hot” Festival, NJ Repertory Theater, Long Branch. Evan also created PlaywrightsSpeak.com where he produces and directs live events and podcasts. He is very excited to have his work featured for a staged reading at the Holmdel Theater Company.