Join PIC for the public reading of our final reading of 2025:

VASHTI SAYS NO, written by Talya Kingston.

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Dramaturgy by Avi Klipfel. Music advising by Alexander Sovronsky. Featuring Sandra Blaney, Anna Copeland, Rachel F. Hirsch, Sarah Marcus, Sam Samuels, and Linda Tardif. Stage directions by Richie Wills.

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What is the Incubation Workshop?

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​Incubation Workshops are an abbreviated version of our Incubation Residency: an opportunity for a playwright to develop a brand new script over a series of months with a hands-on creative support team that may include actors, dramaturg, director, theatrical artistic advisors, fellow playwrights, and more. The multi-month development process culminates in a public presentation (reading) of the work in process and may include a dramaturgically-led discussion with the audience to further aid in the development of the play.

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Incubation Workshop readings are $10 to attend, but no one is turned away from lack of funds. If the ticket price is out of reach for you, please select the subsidized ticket option. If you are able to contribute to our subsidized ticket fund, there will be an opportunity to do so at time of registration. Reserve your ticket now by any form of payment. Cash or check only at the door. 

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​Synopsis: In "Vashti Says No" Queen Esther steps out of the Hebrew Bible to translate her story to our time. In doing so, she takes us into a world of privileged women who know their place.What happens when one of them decides to speak up for herself? or to raise her voice against injustice? In this high stakes story you risk banishment or death to become a heroine.

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The reading begins at 7:30pm. Doors will open 7:00pm. No entry after 7:45pm. Please enter the 33 Hawley Building via the downstairs courtyard. The reading will take place in The Workroom.

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