DO MORE.
VIRTUAL PLAY READINGS
A BENEFIT SERIES to raise funds and awareness for the #BlackLivesMatter movement and organizations fighting for equity and justice.
Do More
BEDLAM
presents:
DO MORE.
A Benefit Reading Series
for #BlackLivesMatter
On Tuesday June 9th 2020, BEDLAM launched a bimonthly Reading Series in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the #BLACKLIVESMATTER movement and associated organizations working toward eliminating race-based discrimination. We have pledged that all proceeds will go directly toward these efforts.
2020 CALENDAR
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The tragedy of Richard II
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Zachary Elkind
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
NATIONAL BAIL FUND NETWORK (raised $3220)
An historical play by William Shakespeare depicting the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard II of England.
Cast: EDMUND LEWIS, PAUL LAZAR, RYAN QUINN, SHIRINE BABB, LISA BIRNBAUM, AUNDRIA BROWN, JOHN TERRY, GALEN MOLK, CAROLINE GROGAN, VIOLETA PICAYO, SIMON SCHAITKIN
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
The Long Christmas Ride Home
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Violeta Picayo
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
6:30pm EST: Live Music by Brandy Butler
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT (raised $2935)
A road trip by two parents and their three young children to visit grandparents for the Christmas holiday, and the emotional turmoil that they undergo.
Cast: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Kathryn Tkel, Katie Hartke, Tramell Tillman, Maggie Adams McDowell, EDMUND LEWIS
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Written by Joe Orton
Directed by Annabel Capper
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music by George Stass
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
Equal Justice Initiative
A landlady and her brother entice a psychopathic young man into sexual liaisons.
Cast: Nigel Gore, Annabel Capper, Dan Amboyer, Maurice Jones
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Coriolanus
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Nathan Malin
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Shakespeare play based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
Cast: Tina Packer, Vasile Flutur, David Keohane, Arash Moktar, Khadija Bangoura, Paul Lazar, Maurice Parent, Nigel Gore, Julia Ty Goldberg
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Don Juan in Hell
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Randolph Curtis Rand
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
Southern Poverty Law Center
Act 3 of George Bernard Shaw’s play MAN AND SUPERMAN
Cast: LISA WOLPE, RANDOLPH CURTIS RAND, SHIRINE BABB, ERIC TUCKER
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
China Dreams or The Conservation of Parity
Written by Stefani Kuo
Directed by Nicholas Polonio
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
7:30pm EST: Music
8:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
The story of Chinese physicist Wu Chien-Shiung, the only Chinese woman to work on the atomic bomb on the Manhattan Project.
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
TROUBLE IN MIND
Written by Alice Childress
Directed by Ryan Quinn
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by Eric Tucker
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
HEDDA GABLER
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Zachary Elkind
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
A woman trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want.
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Othello
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Eric Tucker
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Shakespeare’s classic play with enduring themes of racism, love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and repentance.
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
DUTCHMAN
Written by Amiri Baraka
Directed by Ryan Quinn
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
An encounter between two subway goers that illustrates hatred between blacks and whites in America as well as the political and psychological conflicts facing black America.
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
The machine stops
Written by E.M. Forster
Adapted & Directed by David Keohane
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Titus Andronicus
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Randolph Curtis Rand
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
our town
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Violeta Picayo
Tuesday, december 8th, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
To Be Decided
Cast: TBA
LOCATION: ZOOM & Facebook Live
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Eric Tucker
Tuesday, december 22nd, 2020
6:30pm EST: Music
7:00pm EST: Reading
Benefit Reading to support:
