Monthly Archives: December 2024

Lumos Players is thrilled to announce the launch of ther 2025 Playwrights Script Reading Series. After receiving so many incredible submissions, we want to extend a huge THANK YOU to all the talented playwrights who shared their work with us. Your creativity and passion continue to inspire us!

Now, it’s time for YOU to get involved! We’re looking for volunteers to join us in reading these exciting new plays. Whether you’re an experienced actor or someone who just loves to read aloud, we’d love for you to help bring these fresh works to life.

How can you participate?

1. Sign up to read one or more plays
2. Support new voices in theater
3. Be part of a dynamic and creative community

This is an amazing opportunity to experience some of the most innovative and thought-provoking work being written today. Together, let’s give these plays the spotlight they deserve.

Sign up now to read (More details about the plays selected): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084CADAF22A0FAC70-53920777-lumos#/

We can’t wait to see you at the reading sessions and celebrate the future of theater with you!

10-Minute Plays – February 12, 2025 @ 7:30PM

1. Bob in 4B by Bruce Deveau
   Synopsis: Bob in 4B is set in the recreation room of an assisted living center, where two women reflect on a lifetime of love, loss, and friendship. As they reminisce about their shared past, they navigate the complexities of aging, regret, and their enduring bond.
2. But the Greatest of This Is Love by Amanda Schumacher
   Synopsis: For 15 years, Sara has been known as “the pastor’s wife” at a small, conservative Lutheran church in middle-of-nowhere Iowa. It’s a role she’s wholeheartedly embraced–until tonight…. Because tonight, her 15-year-old son has just come out to her. Sara now must wrestle with what she’s been taught vs. what she actually believes. Angry, anxious, and armed with a bottle of red and a well-loved Bible, Sara speed dials the one person she’s been taught to go to in times of trouble: God himself.
3. Heard Mentality by Allison Fradkin
   Synopsis:Ada may be hard-of-hearing, but she certainly isn’t hard-of-fearing how her first date will go.Will Ada’s new hearing aids aid and abet her insecurities? Or will they turn hearing impairment on its ear?
4. Scrambled by Brett Hursey
   Synopsis: A young husband and wife have a heated argument while making breakfast. The fight starts over the husband’s decision to buy tampons for a female coworker, which his wife finds suspicious and intrusive. As tensions rise, the wife’s frustration boils over, and she keeps making his eggs wrong. The morning becomes a battle of miscommunication, jealousy, and misplaced intentions as they try to work through their differences, one scrambled egg at a time.

Full Length Play March 12, 2025 @ 7:30PM
BARKLEE by Tom Cavanaugh
Synopsis: Barklee, is inspired by a real court case in New Jersey, where a high school refused to allow a student to bring his service dog. The story follows a 16-year-old boy with PTSD and his first service dog, Barklee, who is trained to help him navigate daily life and cope with his trauma. As the boy struggles to gain acceptance and support, Barklee becomes his lifeline, offering comfort, protection, and a sense of security. The story explores their journey together, highlighting the challenges of living with PTSD, the bond between human and animal, and the fight for inclusion and understanding in a world that often misunderstands both.

Musical April 9, 2025 @ 7:30PM
High School Antigone by Judy Klass
Synopsis: High school drama teacher Arabella stages a musical, but the new school board shuts it down as offensive mid-rehearsal, upsetting the cast, especially outspoken Elinor. Arabella’s wife, Lillian, suggests adapting Antigone into a musical. Arabella and her songwriting class dive into Greek drama, while Arabella tries to appease the conservative board member, Jack, by emphasizing Antigone as a Western classic. Jack’s son, Corey, is one of the “drama kids,” leading Jack to worry about his son’s sexuality. Meanwhile, Corey has a crush on Elinor, though she’s skeptical. As tensions rise over the censorship, the students take a stand on opening night, refusing to make the cuts the school board demands.

Two One-Act Plays May 14, 2025 @ 7:30PM

1. Richard & Gregory by Michael Messner
   Synopsis: Two former partners, separated years ago, reunite when one is diagnosed with terminal cancer. As the sick man tries to rekindle their past rela
   tionship, tensions rise due to their differing views on queer identity. Can they reconcile in their final days, or will the past keep them apart? An unexpected act of hate from outsiders threatens to change everything.
2. A Rare Medium by Eva Schegulla
   Synopsis: Inspired by a real case, A Rare Medium, set in 1859 Chicago, follows Kate Waren, a sharp, determined female Pinkerton detective, as she and her undercover team work to unravel a dangerous case of poison and deceit in a world filled with secrecy and superstition.