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Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
DORIS
Step inside DORIS’ dimly-lit basement apartment as she puts on the act of a lifetime — a strange cocktail of dramatic sights and sounds conjured by her unnerving imagination. An aspiring actress and has-been that never was, DORIS confronts phantom memories and nightmares born from the dreams she can’t let go in a performance that may be her last.
A found audio pastiche of old Broadway & Hollywood is realized through lip-synched performance, laying bare the identity disintegration, emotional labor, and substance dependencies that can plague the wayward performer perpetually waiting for their star turn.
DORIS was created by Joan Nelson, with Andrew J. Mullins and Cory Savage
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
Open House
Please join us at Theatre 154 for an Open House! This is your opportunity to tour the venue. Our theatre is the perfect place for new work development, industry presentation or an extended production run. OOTB Board Member, Victoria Weinberg, will be present to discuss her experience presenting work at Theatre 154. OOTB Staff will be available to answer questions about the space and how Theatre 154 can serve your next project. We look forward to meeting you!
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
Kafkaesque!
Franz Kafka never intended for his name to be an adjective. Nonetheless, the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the extraordinary existential predicaments of Kafka's stories onto one contemporary American family.
The result is a funny and frightening joy ride through horrifying bodily transformations, artistic eating disorders, cancel culture run amok, and the relentless grind of late-stage capitalism.
The hilarious and genre-bending Kafkaesque! was a hit of the 2023 New York Theater Festival.
Book, music, and lyrics by James Harvey (Prime Day)
Directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe (Hamilton National Tour, Life of Pi, All of Me)
Produced by Patrick Trettenero & Staro Industries (Here Lies Love)
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
The Infinite Wrench
The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater.
Tuesdays @ 9
What is Tuesdays@9?
Tuesdays@9 is New York City's longest-running cold reading series for your newest work-in-progress. Every week, we cast and present excerpts of new writing to an audience of fellow artists and supporters. Tuesdays@9 operates with an open submissions policy throughout the year, and hosts an open casting session at the start of each week. Tuesdays@9 has always been—and always will be—free and open to all artists and audience members.
Where & When does Tuesdays@9 meet?
Catch Tuesdays@9 every Tuesday night from mid-September through mid-May.
Doors open at 8:15pm for casting; readings begin at 9:00pm