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Friday, January 23, 2026

Reading begins promptly at 7:30 pm
An Evening of New Plays
  • SYNCOPE, by Katharine Rex

    When your husband tries to help get his mother out of your hair, where do you draw the line?

  • BLUE BAG, by John Molina

    In a war-torn, unnamed country, a woman attempts to return to her hometown which happens to be sealed off by enemy troops.

  • Moderator:
    Rhiannon McAfee
    About the Authors...

    • Katharine Rex
      is a screenwriter, playwright, improviser, improv coach, and actor. She has been making up and telling stories forever. Some of them are even true.

    • John Molina is a Chula Vista playwright.  His first play, Rude Dog, was produced following a Scripteasers reading in 2001.  Since then, he has had five plays in the North Park Playwright Festival and his play, Our Mission Statement, was an Honorable Mention in the Show Off! International Playwriting Festival (2015) in San Juan Capistrano.  The First Handshake, written during the pandemic, was a finalist in the 2021 Stage It! 5 Ten-Minute Play Festival in Bonita Springs, FL, was published by the festival, and received a staged reading in 2022 in their Reading Series.  The First Handshake received a second staged reading at the 2023 Redlands Theatre Festival.

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