Tuesday Evenings
at 7:30pm.
Plays listed in detail below.
Tickets: $28
Readings at MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT
509 Westport Avenue (Route 1) in Norwalk
(Click here for directions)
ABOUT THE SERIES
MTC’s Reading Series returns! Experience exciting new works brought to life by Broadway and professional actors. This is your chance to see a show in its early stages of development before it moves on to larger productions at theatres across the country. Presented in MTC’s intimate space, each reading offers a close-up, immersive look at the creative process, followed by a talkback with the playwright.
THE PLAYS*
July 14, 2026
CONDUCT UNBECOMING by Stuart Brown
Five faculty members from a college’s student conduct board arrive at a secluded island retreat for a routine workshop, led by a newly hired administrator with a shadowy past. When one member dies under mysterious circumstances, secrets start to be revealed, and the lives of the other remaining participants become suddenly endangered. Who shall survive?
Stuart Brown is an award-winning Connecticut playwright whose 10-Minute works have been staged in his home state as well as California, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and via the British podcast, Theatrical Shenanigans. He has also written six full one-act plays that have received staged readings in Connecticut.
Brown is a member of The Dramatist Guild, the Outer Critics Circle and is the current President of the Connecticut Critics Circle. He is the owner, program director and host of the 24/7 online Broadway music radio station “Sounds of Broadway” (soundsofBrodway.com).
August 4, 2026
TAMING THE LION by Jack Rushen
TAMING THE LION is the true story of the contentious relationship between film mogel Louis B. Mayer and William Haines, the first openly gay actor in the studio system in the early 30's.
August 11, 2026
TITLE #3 by Kate Katcher
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*All plays, dates, and times are subject to change.