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Original Plays

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Hear Original Plays by The Studio Playwrights!

Free!

Live readings of new, original plays from our own Studio playwrights.

The readings are free, but reservations are recommended due to limited seating.

Original, fun!

Monthly on Monday's 7 - 9 pm

Be a part of the creative process!

In a fully collaborative environment, playwrights and audience members can ask questions and provide personal feedback, helping our writers hone the plays' elements and perfect their stories. 

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MARCH 02, 2026

Sam and Frannie

by Franciene Sznewajs (writing as Heidi Snow)

New love. Old baggage. Total chaos.

When Sam and Frannie fall for each other, they don’t just fall; they ignite. It’s a turbo-charged, late-in-life romance that proves passion isn’t just for the young. But as the "I dos" loom and the honeymoon phase meets the reality of the moving truck, the sparks start to fly for a different reason.

As these two love-struck seniors race toward the altar, they realize they aren’t traveling light. From decades of secrets and eccentric habits to the heavy emotional trunks of their pasts, the baggage they’ve brought along is about to be unpacked.

This show is Sold Out.  But you can still watch the recording.  It will be available to view anytime during this period: March 4, 7:00pm - 18, 7:00pm

Click the Virtual button to RSVP for this FREE event.

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APRIL 13, 2026

Receiving

by John Perovich

In the cramped corners of the receiving department, friendship is complicated. Is the staff truly looking out for each other, or just watching each other’s backs until it’s their turn to clock out? As quotas tighten and corporate metrics loom like an invisible manager breathing down their necks, a trio navigates the unspoken truth of retail: you can laugh with someone every day and still not know if they’d cover your shift — or have your back — when it really matters. RECEIVING is a slice-of-life dramedy that asks: Can you live honestly in a system built on selling things you don’t own, for money you can barely live on, with people you may — or may not — call friends? It’s about capitalism’s strange dance, the soft poetry in cardboard dust, and the stubborn, almost foolish hope that it’s not the work that matters — but the ones you do it with.

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MAY 18, 2026

The Laurelstone Encounter

by Paul Beers

When Zoe brings a Russian soldier onto her podcast, then introduces Sasha, a Ukrainian soldier whom he took as prisoner a year earlier, confrontation and accusations fly. The narrative bounces back and forth between drama and comedy as they try to adjust to each other. You will feel her confusion as she tries to deal with her gratitude for the man who spared her life, and her need to stand up for herself and her country.  And you will laugh as the two ex-soldiers try to deal with the pacifistic views of the podcaster.

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JUNE 15, 2026

The Ketamine Trip

by Aaron Seevers

Ethan, a serial cheater, is caught once again by his wife Annie Having already tried meetings, couples therapy, and even hypnosis to no avail, Ethan agrees to Ketamine therapy in one final attempt to save their marriage.  It is here where he works with Jocelyn, a brilliant Ketamine therapist. His world is turned inside out as the sessions uncover long repressed traumas. Raw, edgy and unfiltered in its dialogue, this play explores the themes of inner strength, perseverance, love, and forgiveness. 

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JUNE 29, 2026

The White Swan Compact

by Clark DesSoye

Meet Sophia, an 82-year-old great-grandmother watching her neighborhood change each week as families she knows move to the suburbs and people from Buffalo's southside move in. One fateful winters day Sophia is mugged right in her front yard as she returns home with her groceries. Her family wants her to move out of the city, while her new neighbors present another possibility.

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