Every Script in Hand playreading is a brand new experience.
Great scripts. Great actors. One great night at the Playhouse.
At Playhouse Script in hand playreadings — an audience favorite for over 10 years — there’s nothing between you and the actors on stage. These readings bring actors who’ve just met — or who’ve known each other for years — together for one day to rehearse and perform a play on a bare stage, with simple lighting — and you. The audience is in charge of conjuring the set, costumes, and atmosphere — or nothing at all. Actors, audience, and the director come together to create a special, one-night-only experience.
For upcoming readings in the Script in Hand series, see below or click HERE.
Current subscribers can renew their subscription for 2025 HERE. Renew by December 15 to keep your same seats!
New subscribers can purchase their subscription for 2025 HERE.
2025 Script in Hand Series
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January 13 at 7PMTO BE ANNOUNCED
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April 14 at 7PMTO BE ANNOUNCED
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June 9 at 7PMTO BE ANNOUNCED
October 6 at 7PMTO BE ANNOUNCED
November 3 at 7PMTO BE ANNOUNCED
December 1 at 7PMMORE
I love the playreading experience. It gives us a chance to unearth and re-examine plays and to investigate what theater means to us."
Mark Shanahan, CuratorGET TO KNOW THE CURATOR
Join us in 2025
Script in Hand Dates
- Monday, January 13
- Monday, February 3
- Monday, April 14
- Monday, May 5
- Monday, June 9
- Monday, October 6
- Monday, November 3
- Monday, December 1
All titles, dates, and artists are subject to change.
Become a Subscriber
In response to audiences asking for a way to secure their favorite seat to our popular and often-sold-out Script in Hand playreadings, we created Script in Hand Subscription. In the past, Script in Hand playreadings were sold as single events (and not available as add ons to mainstage season ticket packages).
With a subscription, you are guaranteed a ticket and secured your seat before they are available to the general public. And, as long as you remain a subscriber, your seats are yours to renew annually.
Subscriber tickets are only $25 each. Non-subscriber tickets are $30.
All subscriptions are individual. Subscriptions should be purchased for each person in your party attending the series. A $35/person individual subscription fee secures your ticket and a seat location to all Script in Hand playreadings and the opportunity to keep to renew annually. The $35/person individual subscription fee is in addition to the cost of a ticket for each show, and will be added to your total at the end of your purchase.
Subscriptions can be renewed at the start of every season.
Current subscribers can renew their subscription for 2025 HERE. Renew by December 15 to keep your same seats!
New subscribers can purchase their subscription for 2025 HERE.
Single tickets go out sale Monday, December 2.
Individual tickets
Individual tickets in 2025 are only $30 each!
Individual tickets for all 2025 Script in Hand playreadings will go on sale Monday, December 2. They will be available online or by calling the box office at (203) 227-4177.
The 2025 Script in Hand Playreading Series is supported by Joyce Hergenhan and the White Barn program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
.All titles, dates, and artists are subject to change.
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