The Sandra Seacat Virtual Theatre

& AZAA Theater Upstairs presents,

Friday Night Readings

Friday, April 14th, 2023

7:30pm Reading

7:00pm Conversation & Community

  • Featuring The Last Gableton a new play by Haley Rice

  • The story of a young social pariah, Hildegard Ashdown, who finds herself pursued by the son of a wealthy family. As things progress between them, she begins to sense he has a dark secret, and his family will do what needs to be done to keep it.

  • All times are Mountain Standard Time – Currently equal to Pacific Daylight Time
  • THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ALL

Arizona Actors Academy and Theatre Upstairs is proud to present a new regular series presented live and in person and directly to you in your home. Our Friday Night Readings series is devoted to supporting up and coming writers and the development of new works! Presented both in studio and through our Sandra Seacat Virtual Theatre we will read original works from playwrights and screenwriters across the country bringing some of the most timely, important, entertaining and compelling new works to audiences. These readings are informal and stripped down. Enjoy the latest theater and film in its early stage of development. Many of these will be live streamed and may feature a mediated talk back or an invitation to provide audience feedback to the author.

If you are an author interested in having your work presented – feel free to contact us.

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Playwright: Haley Rice

Haley has a body of work that spans from full-length plays to multiple pilots and feature screenplays. She currently studies TV-Writing through the UCLA extension program. She has done Artist-in-Residencies at The Ace Hotel and The Barn through Theatre4thePeople.

Her play LOU, based on the life of Lou Salome, premiered at the Paradise Factory in NYC and an from April-June 2017. In 2020, her short play Chimera placed in the top 30 at the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Her short play Don’t Feed the Ducks premiered at the 2023 International Human Rights Art Festival at The Tank.

Her screenplay The Last Gableton was selected for the LBGTQ+ Toronto Film Festival, a quarter finalist in the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, and a finalist in the 2021 Downtown LA Film Festival screenplay competition. 

She currently runs an 8-week Accountability Lab at MCS Writers’ Block to help writers develop and explore new works.

Haley's Website

Selected Play:

The Last Gableton

The story of a young social pariah, Hildegard Ashdown, who finds herself pursued by the son of a wealthy family. As things progress between them, she begins to sense he has a dark secret, and his family will do what needs to be done to keep it.

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Contributing Actors:

Cast

Nyah Caruth—Hildegard
Mike Fisher—Henry Thomas
Kristin Moran—Alice
Andrew Riggs—Elijah, Boy
Antonio Bernal—Noah
David Laing—George, Etta, Winnie, Zachariah
Nicole Damiani—Madeline, Ruby, Young Doctor, Lizzie, Nathaniel
Tatiana Lee—Daisy, Benjamin, Older Doctor, Viola, Businessman
Trystan Youngjohn—Stage Directions

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