Name: BDT Script Reading Sessions
Start: 2026-04-11T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-11T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Pleasant Hill Library

Black Dirt Theater Script Reading Sessions
Black Dirt Theater is seeking people to join us for two script reading sessions as we read through scripts under consideration for future projects. Space is limited, so participants should sign up to be sure they will have a seat in the library conference room.
Visit www.tinyurl.com/bdtreads to reserve your spot today!
There is no cost to attend. We will read through the plays and then do a brief discussion of the work to assess it's potential as a future project for BDT.

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READING SESSION #1
Saturday, March 14th, 10am-12pm
Pleasant Hill Library, Old Mill Ruins Conference Room, Hastings, MN
An Old-Fashioned Family Murder by Joe DiPietro
- 3 women, 3 men, 90 minutes, Mystery/Thriller, full-length comedy
A murder. A mystery. A mother. It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion of elderly Colonel Claythorne, and the pompous murder-mystery author Arthur Whittington is holding court with the Colonel’s family: his eldest daughter, Clarice, who is cold and glamorous; Clarice’s attractive fiancé, Jasper; Claythorne’s youngest daughter, Dotty, who is a big fan of Whittington’s; and Mrs. Shirley Peck, an unassuming but keenly observant visiting widow. When Whittington shares the news that the Colonel has modified his will to cut out one of his daughters – though which daughter won’t be revealed until the Colonel’s death – tempers flare. By the time Mrs. Peck’s son, (junior) Detective Paul Peck arrives at the house, there’s been a murder, and everyone is a suspect. With backstabbing, love and Mrs. Peck’s mother-knows-best advice complicating the investigation, it soon becomes clear that nothing – and no one – is what it seems.
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READING SESSION #2
Saturday, April 11th, 10am-12pm
Pleasant Hill Library, Old Mill Ruins Conference Room, Hastings, MN
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias
- 3 women, 3 men, 100 minutes, full-length comedy/drama
Loads of laughter and literature collide in this smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them. Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished group becomes the focus of a documentary film, their intimate discussions about life and literature take a turn for the hilarious in front of the inescapable camera lens. Add a provocative new member along with some surprising new book titles, and these six friends are bound for pandemonium. Sprinkled with fun theatrical references to documentaries and novels galore from Moby Dick and Age of Innocence to Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, this buoyant comedy on contemporary culture will have everyone laughing … and reflecting. The Book Club Play is a delightful new play about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.