Steve Madar, Gretch Lodge, and Arielle Siler in Kristin Idaszak’s THE LIAR PARADOX, directed by Sabina Ptasznik
The Vagrancy brings you TACTICAL READS, with support from the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative!
The goal of TACTICAL READS is to find amazing, unproduced plays by Los Angeles female playwrights and pair them with female directors. After choosing the text, The Vagrancy reaches out to several interested directors for their “Targets.” This is the specific angle the director would like to explore, it can be anything from “the depths of the character’s psyche” to “staging the reading in drag to probe the sexual stereotypes of the play.” These Targets are passed on to the playwright who chooses one and the pairing is made!
TACTICAL READS play every other month at different venues across the city. **TACTICAL READS is currently on hiatus** PREVIOUS TACTICAL READS
HANDCRAFTED HEALING by Nancy Beverly, directed by Sabrina Lloyd at Rogue Machine Theatre
MY FIRST, MY FIST, MY BLEEDING, SEEDED SPIRIT by Megan Breen, directed by Caitlin Hart at studio/stage
THE ACTUAL MOMENT IN TIME BOB ROGERS FOUND LOVE by Mary Casey, directed by Sabina Ptasznik at Son of Semele Ensemble
THE LIAR PARADOX by Kristin Idaszak, directed by Sabina Ptasznik at Theatre Asylum
OUT OF ORBIT by Jennifer Maisel, directed by Sarah Doyle at The Working Stage
MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD (HEE-HEE) by Rachel Skytt, directed by Reena Dutt at Theatre Asylum
WORD OF THE DAY by Katherine Murphy, directed by Laura Steinroeder at Park La Brea Theatre
A SONG FOR A SURFER by Callan Stout, directed by Katie Witkowski at Son of Semele Ensemble
NUMBERS by Mar Gomez Glez, directed by Brenda Varda at Theatre Asylum
If you are interested in participating as a playwright or director, email TACTICAL READS at tactical.reads@gmail.com.
