Past Productions
Twelfth Night: 1941 (A Staged Reading)
May 31, 2026
Directed by Ellyn Heald
Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 4pm | El Barrio’s Artspace 215 E 99th Street New York NY 10029
London, January 5, 1941. The Twelfth Night of Christmas.
Inspired by real events during the 1941 Blitz when actors performed Shakespeare amid air raids, Twelfth Night: 1941 follows a Shakespearean troupe determined to stage an 80-minute Twelfth Night for the benefit of their community just days after a devastating bombing. With their theater destroyed, rationing in full force, and a contraband Twelfth Night cake in tow, they move the show to a local pub, proving that even in wartime, the play must go on.
Join us on Sunday, May 31st at 4pm for this free staged reading. Produced in partnership with The Shakespeare Forum.
Spring Gala
April 30th, 2026
Join Living Room Productions and MAD Company for Eve of the First Spark: a spring fundraising event celebrating new work, new collaborations, and the artists who bring them to life.
As the season shifts, we gather on April 30th to support the creation of both companies’ next projects, including Living Room Productions’ "Twelfth Night: 1941" and MAD Company’s "Sleepy Hollow" audio drama.
Expect an open bar, delicious light bites, live entertainment, and an exciting raffle, all in support of these new works.
Peep by Jodi Gray (staged reading)
Directed by Lucy Shelby
CAST: Ellyn Heald; Laura Carswell
PEEP is a darkly funny, unsettling play about the female gaze and the contradictions of modern sisterhood.
What begins as playful banter spirals into something sharper, as the women expose not only how patriarchy objectifies them, but how they have learned to objectify each other. With biting humor and uncomfortable honesty, PEEP confronts the toxicity of “girls for girls” feminism and the uneasy pleasures of being watched—and of watching back.
Format: Staged Reading
Duration: 60 Minutes
Gloaming
Directed by Su Thomas Hendrickson
Written by Su Thomas Hendrickson
A reading of a screenplay based on a book* that was based on another book about teenage vampire romance
*written by someone who hadn’t read the book
(an unauthorized parody)
by Su Thomas Hendrickson
In the delirium of the 2020 lockdown, one woman succumbed to a delayed onset Twilight obsession, resulting in a feverishly idiosyncratic screenplay that sought to answer these questions. Cut for time to just 60 minutes, this is a staged reading of that screenplay: equal parts fan fiction, parody, and a commemoration of what being stir crazy can do to a person.
Directed by: Su Hendrickson
Cast:
David Morton - Edward
Drew Springer Miller - Bella
Ellyn Heald - Jessica, Angela
Kaileela Hobby - Alice, Laurent
Katie Sexton - Rosalie, Renee
Lake Wilburn - Emmett, Charlie
Laura Carswell - Esme, Victoria
Lucy Shelby - Carlisle, Miss Cope
Ryan Castalia - Jasper
Sam Crabtree - Mike Newton, Greg, James
GEORGIA MERTCHING IS DEAD by Catya McMullen
(LRP Co-Production)
Three longtime friends take a road trip to spread the ashes of their childhood companion, Georgia. As they navigate grief, adulthood, and the complexities of their past, their journey becomes a raw, darkly funny exploration of love, loss, and the bonds that refuse to break, even in death.
March 28, 29 30 | Brooklyn Art Haus
Directed by: Laura Carswell
Co-produced with: Lucy Shelby, Lauren James, Taylor Alden
Cast:
Lucy Shelby - Gretchen
Lauren James - Emma
Taylor Alden - Whitney
Matthew Nikitow - Harlan
Jacob Saxton - Jeremy
Promotional images by Christopher Duggan