Rough Draughts is The NOLA Project's FREE play reading series held at local bars, breweries and watering holes.
Since 2017, our mission with Rough Draughts has been to help aspiring actors and playwrights become more involved with the New Orleans theatre community while exposing TNP's already adventurous audience to new and unique plays that entertain and engage. We welcome script submissions HERE. Thank you for supporting new, BOLD theatre in New Orleans!
NEXT READING:
CRACKBABY
Tuesday, March 18 • 7pm | The Broadside Pavilion
It's 1998 in rural Arkansas. Today is the day that Emarytus Brown, a 14 year old labeled a crackbaby, does her annual check-in. Prepped by her mother, she tells the neurologist whatever he needs to hear so that her mother can continue to get SSI checks. Then something happens that throws the plan, and Emarytus' functional/yet dysfunctional life, off balance. CRACKBABY is a coming-of-age satire that focuses on the children affected by the United States' War on Drugs.
Recent Readings
July 2019
CRAIGSLISTED* by Sharai Bohannon
August 2019
BIKE AMERICA by Mike Lew
September 2019
SPINDLE SHUTTLE NEEDLE by Gab Reisman
October 2019
CLOWN BAR 2 by Adam Szymkowicz
November 2019
JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN by Kimberly Belflower
December 2019
GO ELF YA SELF by James Bartelle
January 2020
TROUBLE IN MIND by Alice Childress
April 2020
TREASURE ISLAND* by A.J. Allegra, James Bartelle and Alex Martinez Wallace
May 2020
OREGON TRAIL 2 by A.J. Allegra
July 2022
GOD AND GIRL by Emma Schillage
August 2022
LYISISTRATA by Julia Delois + E. Lynn
September 2022
ROM.COM by Matt Thekkethala
December 2024
VIGIL by Nancy Kissam
*Would go on to be produced as part of TNP season
