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Axial Theater is an ensemble based not-for-profit theater company currently in its 24th season. We are dedicated to supporting the professional development of playwrights and actors through presenting staged workshops, development readings, and full productions.
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"A Story About a Girl" by Jacquelyn Reingold
moderated by special guest playwright and arts advocate
Cheryl Davis
JOIN US SATURDAY, MARCH 22nd, 2025 at 4PM for a workshopped reading of this exciting new play with Axial Ensemble members Sergio Arguelles Catare, Lev Harvey, Najah Imani Muhammad, Youlim Nam, Tom Ryan, and special guest Camila Canó-Flaviá.
Post-reading moderation by Cheryl Davis
Directed by Cady McClain
Synopsis: Once upon a time there was a neurodiverse girl who had no words. She met an outcast boy who had no friends. They make their own language of love, friendship and ultimate betrayal as they journey through life with and without each other.
“This play is not only a story about a girl, it is a story about life, love, trauma, and coping. The neurodivergent characters are so beautifully scripted, so real on the page, I can imagine how wonderful the play will be onstage. A truly theatrical play with a moving story.” - Sandra de Helen
“A truly moving story of love and friendship in its perfection and imperfection along the journey of life. Well done.” - Cheryl Bear
“I was incredibly moved and captivated by A STORY ABOUT A GIRL. Jacquelyn Reingold writes with so much insight and sensitivity about love, neurodivergence, and the complexity of relationships across the lifespan. Even the stage directions read beautifully, opening the text for such imaginative staging, and the representations of water throughout connect so well to the dialogue and story. This play is also wonderfully layered with experimental elements and would be a delight to watch come alive on stage.” - John Mabey
When: Saturday, March 22nd 4PM - 6PM
Where: St John's Episcopal Church, 8 Sunnyside Ave, Pleasantville, NY
Suggested Donation: $15 adults, $10 students
No one will be turned away who cannot pay
Vaccination and Mask Policy:
Consistent with New York City and State recommendations, audience members are strongly encouraged to wear masks in theatres.
L: Jacquelyn Reingold R: Cady McClain
Cheryl Davis
Camila Canó-Flaviá
VISITING ACTORS HAVE INCLUDED: Deirdre Lovejoy ("The Wire"), DaJuan Johnson ("Bosch"), Meredith Garretson ("The Offer"), Finnerty Steves ("Orange is the New Black"), Sean Weill ("Boardwalk Empire"), James Patrick Stuart ("The Villains of Valley View"), Bill Timoney ("Our Town"), Tamara Braun ("Days of Our Lives"), Inga Cadranel ("General Hospital") Yoshi Sudarso ("Bullet Train"), Allison Daugherty Smith ("Madame Secretary"), Cliff Carpenter ("Synecdoche, New York"), Brian O'Neill ("Burn After Reading"), Stephen Schnetzer ("Another World"), MacKenzie Lansing ("Mare of Easttown"), P.J. Sosko ("New Amsterdam")...
VISITING PLAYWRIGHTS INCLUDE: Craig Lucas, Megan Moston-Brown, Carson Grace Becker, Katie Baldwin Eng, Thomas Coash, Scott Seifert, Christopher Goutman, Scott Sickles, Serena Norr, Lori Meyers, John Mabey, Chima Chikazunga, Jacquelyn Reingold, Youlim Nam, Jeff Gould, Val Stulman, Nanya Agrawal, John Patrick Bray, Brian Quirk, and Karin Diann Williams, Adam Rapp, Gina Gionfriddo, Jessica Dickey, Daniel Talbot ...
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