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

A book club, but for plays! We will meet every month to discuss a play from the Library for the Performing Arts circulating collection.
About this Event

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 an on Zoom.

This program is intended for adult patrons.

Thursday, August 27 at 6:30pm -

A compelling character study about a man whose simple routine masks a complex inner turmoil. Kenneth lives a life of routine: after work at the local bookstore, he spends his evenings knocking back mai tais with his best friend Burt. But when the long-time owner of the store sells the building, Kenneth must find a new job, a process that upsets his comfortable schedule. Kenneth makes a new friend named Corrina, and she begins to ask questions Kenneth isn't prepared to answer: how many mai tais is too many mai tais? And who - or what - is Burt? Primary Trust is a play about the structures we build to contain oceans of feeling and what happens when those structures begin to crumble.

Eboni Booth is a writer and actor from New York City. Her plays include Primary Trust (Roundabout Theatre) and Paris (Atlantic Theater). For television, she has written for Hulu’s We Were the Lucky Ones and HBO Max’s Julia. As an actor, Eboni has appeared in productions at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Manhattan Theater Club, Ars Nova, WP Theater, Page 73, Soho Rep., Clubbed Thumb, and more. Eboni is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and the recipient of a Steinberg Playwright Award, a Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, and a John Gassner award. She is a graduate of Juilliard’s playwriting program and the University of Vermont.

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 William Jackson Harper and Eric Berryman in Primary Trust by Eboni Booth. Photograph by Joan Marcus, 2023. 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].