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World Premiere Play Opens November 8, 2024

World Premiere Play Opens November 8, 2024

We are thrilled to invite you to attend the WORLD PREMIERE of Intimate Exposures, a play with music from DW Gregory, the playwright of Radium Girls. “Every man has his own idea of Venus.” Reading, 1892. A society photographer with ambitions to create “real art” discovers 

You Can Make New Theater Happen Here

You Can Make New Theater Happen Here

Donate today to support new theater in Reading, PA. Your support allows us to fulfill our mission. Reading Theater Project is a community-based theater. That means the performances you see are all connected to Reading and Berks County, whether written by a local playwright or 

In Nature’s Studio 2024

In Nature’s Studio 2024

In Nature’s Studio brings performing artists out from inside the theater to the beautiful Reading Public Museum Arboretum. Performers (music, dance, theater) will be stationed throughout the landscape areas along the accessible walking path, and the audience will walk to enjoy nature and art together.

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

The theme for this year’s Five-Minute Fringe Festival is Wonder. What do YOU wonder about? Does the word inspire feelings of awe or doubt? Performers and playwrights from around the region push their personal creative boundaries to create new work for the Fringe around this 

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

The theme for this year’s Five-Minute Fringe Festival is Wonder. What do YOU wonder about? Does the word inspire feelings of awe or doubt? Performers and playwrights from around the region push their personal creative boundaries to create new work for the Fringe around this 

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

The theme for this year’s Five-Minute Fringe Festival is Wonder. What do YOU wonder about? Does the word inspire feelings of awe or doubt? Performers and playwrights from around the region push their personal creative boundaries to create new work for the Fringe around this 

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

5-Minute Fringe: Wonder

The theme for this year’s Five-Minute Fringe Festival is Wonder. What do YOU wonder about? Does the word inspire feelings of awe or doubt? Performers and playwrights from around the region push their personal creative boundaries to create new work for the Fringe around this 

Fringe Submission Deadline

Fringe Submission Deadline

Reading Theater Project’s 9th annual 5-Minute Fringe Festival offers a platform for performing artists to create new work, develop and explore theatrical ideas, challenge their own expectations, and collaborate with an artistic community.
Performing artists are invited to submit an original performance piece for our 9th Annual 5-Minute Fringe Festival.
This year, the theme is Wonder. Whatever you create should be your own interpretation of Wonder, literal or metaphorical, in whatever performance medium is best for you.
There is no fee to submit. Deadline is Friday, December 22, 2023.

5-Minute Fringe 2024 Details

5-Minute Fringe 2024 Details

Reading Theater Project’s 9th annual 5-Minute Fringe Festival offers a platform for performing artists to create new work, develop and explore theatrical ideas, challenge their own expectations, and collaborate with an artistic community. If you are interested in participating, read on about how to submit, the rehearsal process, and performance dates.

A Universe of Shifting Emotions

A Universe of Shifting Emotions

At the heart of playwright Lauren Gunderson’s moving “Silent Sky” sits an evolving metaphor. Set at the beginning of the 20th century at a point where science and art connect, the play, produced by Reading Theater Project, is about exploration in general but specifically of outer space and the human soul. (from the article by George Hatza)