Wordsmyth Theater Company

Reading for April 2022!

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Doug writes a historical play diminishing the prominence of a woman; director Rebecca restores it through skillful staging, angering Doug. What do writers and artists owe to historical fact?

Our reading for February 2022!

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Elizabeth Macy is a white passing black woman in the 1940s. She lives three separate identities that she must portray for the benefit of others. That is, until Elizabeth decides to choose herself.

Wordsmyth Theater Company is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Our first live reading in two years!

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In this comedy, Dr. Meg Carr is an oncologist who cries when her patients die. She’s been fighting for twenty years for California to have a Right To Die Bill so that patients can take death into their own hands and die peacefully. But Meg has to face the reality of what she believes in when a very sick 17 year old terminally ill patient shows up at her home.

Gail Parent was plucked from N.Y.U. to write for The Carol Burnett Show, the only female writer. She wrote for 5 seasons earning 5 Emmy nominations as well as an Emmy win. Gail’s TV credits include: creating the cult series, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, co-writing for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, co-writing Sills and Burnett at the Met with Kenny Solms, garnering an Emmy nomination. She wrote and produced for The Golden Girls earning 3 Emmy nominations as well as the HBO series Tracey Takes On starring Tracey Ullman, earning 8 Emmy nominations and a win. She also wrote on State of the Union for Tracey.

Stacy Sherman is an Oscar nominated and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker (God Sleeps In Rwanda). She Associate Produced the multi-award winning documentaries Chasing Ice and The Babushkas of Chernobyl, which has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

PLEASE NOTE:

Patrons will be required to wear masks and show proof of a negative COVID test result (within 48 hours). A vaccination card may be shown in lieu of the test. Photocopies or a photo on your phone of medical records will be accepted.

Also, due to COVID, there will be no wine service before or reception after the reading.

Reading for March — by our own William Duell!

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In collaboration with Gerald vanHeerden and vMHF Theatricals in New York.

A gay man who tried to save children during a mass shooting suffers from survivor’s guilt and cannot control his temper. A psychiatrist persuades her husband, a Marine sergeant who lost men in Afghanistan, to talk to him. The sergeant admits to him that it was an American drone and not enemy fire that killed his men, and disaster results: Each man tries to goad the other to commit suicide.

Streaming beginning March 26, talkback is on Monday, March 29, at 7 pm Eastern, or 6 pm Central.

This a FREE event. But donations are welcomed!! Please visit our donations tab!

Reading of Come Find Me by Erin Mallon

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Reading of the new play Come Find Me. Directed by Rebecca Udden, AD of Main Street Theater. Can be watched here: https://www.facebook.com/wordsmyththeaterco/posts/3778894658810456 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrP1KLb72k

Talkback with the playwright and director will be on Monday, Nov. 23, at 7 pm.Ilda talks to people who aren’t there. Tilly hears fingers clawing at her door. All the while, the moon keeps her watchful eyes on them. Come Find Me is a time-hopping, feminist ghost story spanning two time periods. As it weaves its way through the halls of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in 1907 and a beach house during the tumultuous summer of 1969 we discover the secret-laden lives of three women and how their worlds intertwine.

Wordsmyth Theater Company is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Reading of The Goodbye Levee by Mike Solomonson

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Wordsmyth continues our 2020 New Play Reading Series with The Goodbye Levee, by Mike Solomonson! Join us on Monday, November 9, at 7:00 PM Central for a talkback with the playwright and director, and leave your questions and observations in the comments.

Come join Celeste’s party! After a devastating diagnosis, Celeste Banks to invite the audience into her confidence as she hosts a “Goodbye Party,” where the audience assists Celeste through erratic memory and hallucinatory interruptions turning into chaos and comic careening as she prepares for the inevitable.

To watch:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqs3cLOC1Y

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordsmyththeaterco/posts/3748952105138045

Cast:

Celeste – Shariba Rivers

Audrey – Kyra Jones

Jerrod – Andrew Thornton

Women Characters – Alyx Irene Gonzales

Men Characters – Tyler Keyes

Stage Directions – Eva LaPorte

Director – Eva LaPorte

Wordsmyth Theater Company is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Everything You Can Do (To Make the World a Better Place) by Ian August — streaming now and talkback Oct 12 at 7

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We are starting our reading series — online! And our first reading is of Everything You Can Do (To Make the World A Better Place) by Ian August. A tale of Kelly, an activist novice and Sophia, an activist extraordinaire.

The reading was recorded and is now streaming on our fb page, https://www.facebook.com/wordsmyththeaterco/posts/3659427257423864; and our youtube channel: https://youtu.be/l5wdvztGp9w.

We will have 5 more readings between now and the end of the year — so keep an eye on this website!