Wordsmyth Theater Company is proud to present this reading of Elizabeth Keel’s new play The Open Potion!

The Open Potion is an epic, fantasy, coming-of-age story of two siblings — Beryl, a knight, and Rowan an apothecary. They must journey on a quest to save the life of the Countess of Bayong, and learn to navigate rivers and the Sea, and assassins and foes to find a very precious and very rare ingredient.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The nuns of Our Lady of the Sacred Valley convent are in trouble.  Their protector, Bishop O’Quigley, is dead under compromising circumstances.   Their lucrative business is close to collapsing. The sisters scheme and scramble in an effort to survive — all while religious belief takes root in the unlikeliest of places. 

A home shopping host, is at the top of her field and ready to take the leap into network broadcasting. After routine wisdom teeth extraction, she wakes up deaf. 

This is our bilingual reading, and the second language this year is American Sign Language.

Anke wants to be a parent, but definitely not a mom. Mel wants to fall in love with a man and have babies. As they approach the end of their 30s without romantic success, Anke convinces Mel that they should parent together. When Mel finally does fall in love, they must decide what kind of family to have.

Three Black creatives from Alabama fight for their place on an app that constantly erases them after a White content creator steals their content. When a famous filmmaker decides to document their journey, the trio’s bond has to survive jealousy before the spotlight costs them their friendship

Two puppet ministers meet the Houston Pickaxe Killer.

Joel is on board a ship and needs somewhere to stay. Paul thinks they should rescue him but Anna’s not so sure. A new play about climate change and forgiveness.