Join us for live Zoom readings of new short plays: "Dark" by Lee Roscoe and "Jerry Hognagle's Top Ten List & After Math" by Laura Emack.

This will be the first DG Footlights™ event for New England East, with more to come in April and May.

More info on the plays: (Spoiler alert!)

Jerry Hognagle's Top Ten List and After Math by Laura Emack (she/her/hers)

• Genre: Drama with sequel;
• Rating and why: PG due to serious themes and limited profanity;
• Running time: 50 minutes;
• Synopsis: Overheard by repressed sister Diane, Jerry confronts their comatose father Frank with grievances both petty and profound. We meet the off-stage characters of the first act when Jerry’s wife Sarah, their brilliant but autistic son Joel, and Diane’s only-ever boyfriend Nick attend the funeral. Ultimately elderly Aunt Mae surprises all by stepping out of her wheelchair to reorder the world as they will thenceforth know it.

Dark by Lee Roscoe (she/her/hers)

• Genre: Dark comedy, cartoon;
• Rating: PG (There are a few swears in this);
• Running time: 15 minutes;
• Synopsis/blurb: Gaia confronts politicians, is arrested as a terrorist and ends the earth. Or: What happens when a mysterious woman claiming to be Earth confronts corrupt politicians? Will they engage or oppress?

DG Footlights™ is a program, created and moderated by the Dramatists Guild, that connects dramatists with free space in which to hold a public reading of a new work that is currently in development. This initiative operates on a space-grant model: a representative from the Guild will arrange for a venue to donate space during allocated dates and times, and will ensure that the space is available for dramatists to use to present a self-produced reading to the public, with an optional feedback session following the reading. Attendance is always free and open to all.

Patrick Gabridge (he/him/his), New England East Regional Rep

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