Staged Reading Series

Salem Repertory Theatre will produce two staged readings during its 2008-2009 season. These readings are generally plays under consideration for future SRT seasons. Admission to our Staged Reading Series is free (with a suggested donation of $5.00).

Killer Joe

By Tracy Letts

January 9, 10, 11

Killer Joe is hired by the greedy Smith family, a dim witted clan wanting to do away with mother to get her insurance money. Killer Joe decides to bed the Smith daughter as a retainer against his final payoff. Before it's over, nearly everyone is bloodied.

"Set in Dallas, Killer Joe revels in its white trash stereotypes, and gives you permission to do the same; it's pulp fiction which has it both ways, deriving humor from dirty realism. It's slick, it's well constructed, it knows exactly where it's going." N.Y. Daily News.

*This staged reading contains strong language and adult content.

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

By Nilo Cruz

April 3, 4, 5

What would you do if a very old man with enormous wings suddenly fell out of the sky? And what if the very old man couldn’t remember who he was, or why he was here? Would you nurse him back to health, or throw him out of town because he was different? Or would you do worse? Join SRT for a reading of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz’s charming, lovely, and magical adaptation of a fable for the whole family by renowned author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Rights pending.

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Staged Reading Series

Killer Joe

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings