The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club [IN PERSON]

Play Club is like a book club, but for plays! Whether you are familiar with the art of reading plays, or looking to expand your appreciation for dramatic literature, this book club is an opportunity to read plays you have been meaning to explore or have never considered reading before. Learn about new works, discover new playwrights, and make friends!

This group will read one playscript from the Library for the Performing Arts circulating collection every month, and then come together to discuss the work. We will read one scene from the play together and discuss the text in a book club discussion format.

This program will take place in person at the Library for the Performing Arts Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab. If you would like to participate in

Content warning: this play includes a scene of gun violence.This program is intended for adult patrons.

Thursday, February 27th at 6:30pm -

In-person at the Library for the Performing Arts Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab

In this month’s Play Club, we read and discuss Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The play tells the story of an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a prestigious Manhattan-based literary magazine that are each chasing the same dream: a life as successful writers-and to get out of their cubicles before they turn 30. When a regular day at the office suddenly becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell the career-making story are higher than ever.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Brooklyn-based playwright, producer and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. His plays include Girls, Everybody (Signature Theatre), War (Yale Rep; Lincoln Center/LCT3), Gloria (Vineyard Theatre), Appropriate (Obie Award; Signature Theatre), An Octoroon (Obie Award; Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience), and Neighbors (The Public Theater).

We have a few copies of the play available at the Library for the Performing Arts, but if you are looking for additional copies, the Drama Book Shop has graciously set aside copies of the play at a discounted price of 10% off for Play Club attendees, while supplies last. Please visit the Drama Book Shop to purchase your copy.

Photo Credit: From left, actors Ryan Spahn and Kyle Beltran in Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Photograph by Carol Rosegg, 2015. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING AND ASL | ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected].

Host or Publisher New York Public Library for the Performing Arts