The Reading Theater Project has announced the cast and performance details for Faithless by Kimberly Patterson, the second staged reading in the Play Reading Series: Revelation. The reading will take place Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7pm at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts’ Boscov Theatre, 200 Washington Street, Reading, Pa. Free parking is available behind the building.
Susan Sneeringer directs Patterson’s play. In Faithless, Shireen learns that Dr. Duffy, her mentor, won’t sign off her dissertation because her research might expose Duffy’s work as insufficient. Without Dr. Duffy’s signature, her life and career are basically being held hostage. So Shireen decides that she should take some hostages of her own.
The cast features Tama McConnell as Dr. Duffy, Walidah McKnight as Shireen, and Aliyah Caulder as Skylar. Deb Brubaker will read the stage directions.
Our Play Reading Series this spring will connect to the season’s theme of “Illuminate” and will feature three plays by local and regional playwrights. Each is performed as a staged reading followed by a facilitated talkback with the playwright, director, and actors.
There is one additional Play Reading Series performance dates: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 7:00pm – Hero Work by Adam Richter, Directed by Julia Matthews. More information and tickets are available on our website, readingtheaterproject.org or by calling 484-706-9719.
Like our other productions, the Play Reading Series will follow the Pay What You Will Model: an audience member can choose their own price for a ticket, including $0. The recommended price is $10, and we encourage those who are able to pay the $20 Pay It Forward price. This ticket pricing model is part of our Theater For All initiative to make theater more accessible to all audiences. Our season is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, administered through Berks Arts, as well as EnerSys, Visions Federal Credit Union, and M&T Bank.
The Reading Theater Project is a locally-focused theater company, based in Reading/Berks County, P A. We value collaboration and creative challenges and believe theater is an inclusive experience that can reveal our shared human condition. For more information, visit readingtheaterproject.org or call 484-706-9719.
