This Small Disaster: A Staged Reading of a New Play Saturday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6pm. At The Tower, 611 TV Tower Road, Pembroke Admission is free. General Seating. Donations at the door are welcome but not required. Streetlight Theatre invites you to be part of the development of a new original stage play, This Small Disaster by Chad Michael Kendall. This Small Disaster follows Riley, a teenager caught between grief, memory, identity, and the people still trying to reach her. As she struggles to make sense of a relationship that ended too soon and feelings she never fully understood, the play explores what happens when holding onto the past starts to make it harder to live in the present. What is a staged reading? A staged reading strips theatre back to its essentials. There is no full set, no costumes, no finished technical design, and no fully staged production. Instead, actors read from scripts, allowing the audience to hear the play aloud while the story, characters, dialogue, and emotional shape of the piece take centre stage. For this reading, some sound elements may be used to support the atmosphere of the play, but the focus remains on the words, the performances, and how the story lands with an audience. After the reading, audience members will be invited to take part in a guided talkback. This conversation gives the playwright and creative team a chance to hear what connected, what was clear, what raised questions, and what may help shape the next stage of the script’s development. Whether you are a theatre lover, a supporter of new local work, or simply curious about how a play is developed, we invite you to join us for this special evening and be part of the process.
