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Ground UP Productions'
2025 New Works
Winter Reading Festival!
Monday Nights at 7pm in February and March!
February 17 & 24, and March 3 & 10
A.R.T. New York
(Alliance of Resident Theatres)
520 8th Ave. (at 36/37 St.), 3rd Floor
NYC, NY 10018
ALL READINGS ARE FREE!
We fill up so please RSVP to:
RSVP@GroundUPproductions.org
Here's The Line UP...
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Monday February 17, 7pm
KNIFEPLAY
by Shelley McPherson
Directed by Dori A. Robinson
Stage Manager: Kristine Schlachter*
Featuring: Jordan Ahnquist*, Mary Bacon*, Michael Boland*,
Josh Evans, Michael Halling*, Emily Marsland,
Kate Middleton*, Cheryl Mullings*, and Victor Verhaeghe*
Where: A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018
Monday at 7PM
In this darkly comic thriller-within-a-thriller, Liz's dream acting job spirals into a Broadway nightmare as her sinister, gaslighting co-star forces her to defend her life during rehearsals of a Cold War spy classic.
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Monday February 24, 7pm
FOCUS
Written and directed by Alex Webb
Stage Manager: Kodi Lynn Milburn
Stage Directions: Josh Evans
Featuring: Corey Allen*, Emily Bosco*, Shirleyann Kaladjian*,
Kate Middleton*, and Alex Webb*
Where: A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018
Monday at 7PM
A, B and C have been offered a generous fee to participate in a focus group. What is the product and who is in control? A story about America.
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Monday March 3, 7pm
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE
by Kenneth Jones
Directed by Christa Scott-Reed
Stage Manager: Daniely Martins
Stage Directions: Josh Evans
Featuring: Carl Howell*, Barbara Kingsley*, Carolyn McCormick*,
Kate Middleton*, Henny Russell* and C.J. Wilson*
The playwright gives special thanks to Raylawni Branch, Dr. Stanley Coleman and dramaturg Jay Najeeah.
Where: A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018
Monday at 7PM
A beloved, family-run Mississippi restaurant finds itself at risk following Hurricane Katrina, but the institution's biggest obstacle may be the family itself.
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Monday, March 10, 7pm
FRONT ROW TO MURDER
by Jordan Reeves
Directed by Jordan Ahnquist
Stage Manager: Daniely Martins
Stage Directions: Emily Marsland
In association with
THE BARNSTORMERS THEATRE
in Tamworth, N.H.
Featuring: Stephen D'Ambrose*, Emily Bosco*, Jo Brook*,
Tsebiyah Mishael Derry*, Alexandra de Suze*, Josh Evans,
Lisa McMillan*, Kate Middleton*, Celeste Oliva*,
William Parry*, Tom Schwans* and Doug Shapiro*
Where: A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018
Monday at 7PM
When a theatre's performance of a cozy whodunit ends in cold murder, the real mystery begins.
*Thank you to Frederick C. and Jean L. Seavey
and the descendants of Phineas and Irene Hammond
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Don’t miss the chance to be among the first to experience four new plays by four exciting playwrights in Ground UP’s 2025 New Works Winter Reading Festival!
We hope you can join us and we thank you for your support!
RSVP to: RSVP@GroundUPproductions.org
Again, all shows FREE OF CHARGE! (Though we do love donations!)
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