Open Readings
Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 2:30pm
A RIVER, ITS MOUTHS by Jesús I. Valles
Directed by Rudy Ramirez
The Jefferson Room @ Houghton Hall Arts Community - 22 E30th
Struggling with severe depression, You return to your hometown in Texas, right by the river that raised You, right on the border with Mexico. It’s the summer of 2019 and the Rio Bravo keeps claiming migrants’ lives during their perilous crossings. However, the people in your hometown are much more interested in talking about "The Rio Grande mermaid,” a creature rumored to haunt the river, clawing its way out of the sand, out of the water, into the air, into your head, haunting the mouths of family, friends, and strangers. Something in the water calls to You. “Come,” the river says, “Come to me.”
Thursday, April 23, 2026 @ 2:00pm
SQUIRREL ON A WHEEL by SM Shephard-Massat
Directed by Clinton Turner Davis
The Attic @ The Tank - 312 W36th
Gentrification rears its ugly head on the southside of Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970's.
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