Beyond the Stage
Tea at Two
Arlene and Robert Kogod New Play Development Program
On selected weekday afternoons, professional actors read the best of new work emerging from the Arlene and Robert Kogod New Play Development Program in an intimate setting with tea and cookies. All readings are $5.
CURRENT READING SCHEDULE:
December 16 at 2:00 pm, $5 at the door
BROKE
by Janece
Shaffer
The Eliasons were living the American dream right here in Atlanta…
granite countertops, trey ceilings, Range Rovers, and HDTV. And then 52
year-old Liz Eliason, a high level marketing executive and the major
breadwinner in the household, comes home to her husband Jonathan with
the news that she’s been fired. She is shocked; he is thrilled. With the
wealth they have accrued from her career, they can now finally enjoy a
life “together.” But when the company Liz has worked for goes under a
few days later and with it, a great part of their wealth, Liz, Jonathan
and their 19 year-old daughter Missie – a student at NYU – are now
facing a new reality. In this world of uncertainty, Broke asks: when it seems like everything is falling through your fingers, what (and who) do you hold onto?
History of plays readings coming soon.