The Well: A Reading Series

This one-night-only theatrical reading series celebrates both emerging and established talent providing them an opportunity to receive candid feedback from a live audience, as we bring fresh pages to the AWAACC studio before they hit the main stage or the silver screen! See times and descriptions below.

6:30PM |  PENGUIN PROBLEMS IN GALAPAGOS ISLAND written by Leah Lewis |Genre: Children’s Animated Series
Little Lumpy and Her Little Lovelies journey to the Galapagos Islands and encounter a juvenile caper designed to kidnap a penguin from a royal colony and thwart it with ingenuity and teamwork. Featuring special guests from Alumni Theater Company.

7:00PM | QUEEN BESS: THE BARNSTORMER written by Lorenzo E. Boone | Genre: Biopic/Drama
The incredible true story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to become a professional aviatrix and daredevil pilot. Bessie battled bigotry and sexism on her journey from poverty to international  stardom until dying under mysterious circumstances in a fiery plane crash.

8:00 PM |  IN BETWEEN written by Sharon Lovell | Genre: Sci-fi/Drama
When a big pharma research scientist stumbles upon a lifesaving cure, her superiors go to extreme measures to keep her from going public.

9:00 PM | From Chains to Gains conceived by Neville Brooks and written by Dominique Briggs, Monteze Freeland, and Patrice Wade Johnson | Composer: Dwayne Fulton | Genre: Musical/Drama
From Chains to Gains is a musical narrative that travels through history; from Transatlantic trade to Haiti, the shores of New Orleans and to Pittsburgh’s Steeltown we witness the formation of a family - forged in the fires of history’s most trying times. The production is an academic and emotional musical journey through historic time periods, with songs and rhythms from the continent of Africa to the powerful soul stirring Gospel music of today. Audiences will traverse through pain and sorrow, emerge into triumph and victory, and celebrate with an ongoing hope for tomorrow.