Boston Court Pasadena’s 16th Annual New Play Reading Festival, virtual this year because of the pandemic, will present “Kingdom of Wonder” by Shayan Lotfi and “Superstitions” by Emily Zemba on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Hosted on Boston Court’s new UScreen.tv store, the readings are performed live and will not be available after the performance. The readings are free, but registration is required.
The readings will be followed by a Zoom cocktail mixer with the playwrights, where RSVP is separately required.
“Kingdom of Wonder,” directed by Jennifer Chang, is about how strangers from around the world encounter each other over the course of a weekend at a guesthouse in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The lives of guests and hosts intersect, as they struggle with loss and loneliness, leading each of them to a deeper understanding of who they are in this place, at this moment.
This reading will be at 10 a.m.
“Superstitions,” directed by Jenna Worsham, is the story of Grieg, a visitor from a foreign country who finds a penny on the ground. When he tries to offer it to a stranger sitting near him, it sparks an absurd and frightening conversation about bad luck. “Superstitions” is an unconventional dark comedy about navigating our personal and national terrors and what happens when we believe in the unknown.
This reading is at 4 p.m.
To register, visit https://bostoncourtpasadena.
The Zoom cocktail mixer with the playwrights is scheduled at 7 p.m.
To RSVP, visit https://zoom.us/meeting/
