Cold Reads scripts are posted as they’re read, and so far almost all have been full length plays—by far the dominant form. Very few great plays last less than an hour and a half. (See A Short History of Short Plays.)
Continue reading Short PlaysStarting a group can be as simple as an agreement among friends (or family) to become one—to collectively decide to get together now and then to read. Any ground rules are determined by consensus and the Host of a given read.
Alternatively, someone (or a governing body, with committees) decides (among other options; see below) who hosts which plays when and where, how frequently, and who attends.
A bona fide Cold Reads group is perpetual, presuming readers keep on gathering to read, regardless of frequency or regularity, who comes and goes.
PULITZER PLAYS at SEVEN DEVILS
August 19-24
Open Invitation
Sandra and I will be reading a play a day at my brother’s vacation home in Seven Devils (near Boone), and we’d love to have the company of as many as the house will sleep (six in three bedrooms, nine in the basement dormitory).
Drive up, spend a night or five, socialize, enjoy the mountain air, see the sights, and read some Pulitzer plays. Continue reading Charlotte Readers Retreat to the Hills
Anyone with Google Calendar for Cold Reads can embed it into a post on this blog. Simply add a post and follow these instructions. Continue reading Group Calendars
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Search on line for “Best Plays…” for sites listing and describing plays in a broad range of contexts. (These sites to not link to play scripts.) Some examples are:
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#17: Zoe Akins’ The Old Maid, Thursday. July 28, at Julia’s
Pulitzer Play #16: Sidney Kingsley’s Men in White, Monday, August 15, at the Cotswold IHOP
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