Our, part social gathering,
part educational course,
part post-show discussion,
book club (but for plays!)
​afterword is a FREE program​; participants read the scripts first on their own then join us for a discussion - choose from an in-person conversation experience or a virtual one.
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Whether you've never read the script of a play or you read them all the time, all levels of experience are welcome!​​ View other Frequently Asked Questions here​​
JULY
Best Line Wins by Beth Kander &
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
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Conversation Experience Options:
IN-PERSON at 6408 Williamsburg Blvd, Arlington
Monday, July 13, 7pm
OR
VIRTUAL (Zoom link will be provided)
Wednesday, July 15, 7pm​​
AUGUST
Brief Encounter by Noel Coward (adapted by Emma Rice) &
The Shark is Broken by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon
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Conversation Experience Options:
IN-PERSON at 6408 Williamsburg Blvd, Arlington
Monday, August 17, 7pm
OR
VIRTUAL (Zoom link will be provided)
Wednesday, August 19, 7pm​​
SEPTEMBER
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Simon Stephens &
Tribes by Nina Raine​
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Conversation Experience Options:
IN-PERSON at 6408 Williamsburg Blvd, Arlington
Monday, September 14, 7pm
OR
VIRTUAL (Zoom link will be provided)
Wednesday, September 16, 7pm​​
PREVIOUS afterword SELECTIONS:
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June 2026
A Wake at Singh's by Aeneas Hemphill &
Sweat by Lynn Nottage
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May 2026
Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson and
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donohoe
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April 2026
Aubergine by Julia Cho and
The Shape of Things by Neil Labute
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March 2026
Network by Lee Hall and
Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell
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February 2026
The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter and
The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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January 2026
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller &
Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess
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December 2025​​
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1895) &
A Nice Indian Boy by Madhuri Shekar (2014)​​
November 2025
The Rover by Aphra Behn (1677) &
“Oh, Mary!” by Cole Escola (2012)
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October 2025
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring (1939) &
The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields (2012)​​​