First Peek 2025 June 13-15 at Atwater Village Theatre
We hope you can join us for our 15th Annual FIRST PEEK reading series featuring the brand new work of some of our member playwrights. Come participate in the process as we explore the creation of five new full-length plays.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
8:00 pm – WOMEN, BIRDS, STARS by Jennie Webb
Women, Birds, Stars is the story of four women of a certain age who take refuge together when their habitat is threatened. Rocked by uncertainty, they find themselves weighing their losses and options for survival in an increasingly surreal world. But there’s always ice cream.
9:30 PM (or immediately following the reading) – Raise a glass with us at our Post-Reading Gathering
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
5:00 PM – BIGGEST MAN ON CAMPUS by Eric Rudnick
When an NYU Improv Troupe loses a member, they hold tryouts open to the entire student body, but are thrown into the unknown when an MBA candidate from the Stern School of Business shows up to audition, a curious young man named Barron Trump.
8:00 PM – ELEPHANTS by Jennifer Maisel
Who is going to be there for you when nobody else is? Five disparate women discover a tenuous connection binds them together for eternity. Meet THE ELEPHANTS.
9:30 PM (or immediately following the second reading) – Raise a glass with us at our Post-Reading Gathering
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
2:00 PM – WE’RE TRYING TO HEAL!! by Ashley Rose Wellman
Four women use the settlement payout from a predatory university doctor to go on a spontaneous, chaotic vacation together. As the trip veers wildly between awkward intimacy, rage, and bad decisions, a sudden bombshell threatens to explode their fragile connections. A play about broken systems, price tags on pain, and how all of us are just TRYING TO HEAL!!
5:00 PM – WE WILL BE TAKING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT CULT AUTEUR STANLEY KUBRICK by Brianna Barrett
A film historian tasked with curating a major retrospective starts to unravel his lifelong obsession with the genius auteur, navigating a shifting cultural landscape, a contentious collaboration with the director’s daughter, and a relationship with a radical performance artist who refuses to let him look away.
6:30 PM (or immediately following the second reading) – Raise a glass with us at our Post-Reading Gathering
Admission to all FIRST PEEK readings is FREE; reservations highly suggested and donations welcome
M A K E A R E S E R V A T I O N
Atwater Village Theatre (AVT) – 3269 Casitas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039
AVT is located at the Atwater Crossing Arts + Innovation Complex. Free Parking is available in the Atwater Crossing Parking Lot P1 on Casitas Avenue (south of Momed Restaurant, north of Minneapolis Street) and Parking Lot P2 (south of Minneapolis Street) as well as on the street.
Please note: AVT is on a street that does not connect to Glendale Boulevard (see map below). It’s accessible via Fletcher Drive, and from Glendale Boulevard via La Clede Avenue and Tyburn Street
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