Playwrights Forum

The Playwrights Forum features the work of local writers. Readings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month at the Encinitas Library.

Past Readings

April 19 | Kangaroo by Marguerite Hillman
Kangaroo offers a dark, comedic examination of a parent’s death. He could be a great dad when he wanted to be. He could also be mean spirited, unfair, even perverse. At least now, he’s dead. Or is he? In the second act, good old Lyle’s corpse rises up from his daybed and proceeds to muck up the family dynamic - just as he did when he was alive. His three daughters and four sons all bear the bruisings of his power. Perhaps the most painful part is they all bear different bruises. Mom is another story. Is she a victim or a part time accomplice?