Read A Play With Us!
The Howland Company is proud to host The Reading Group, a free community event where all are welcome to drop in and cold-read a part in the chosen play, with roles switching around on the fly. The readings are a laid-back and social way to read a play together and to get the opportunity to engage in discussion and meet people in the community.
*The RSVP Form opens before each reading and space is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Please keep posted for updates here and through our newsletter.
The Howland Company is thrilled to host our Winter/Spring sessions of The Reading Group led by our Guest Play-Curator: Howland Associate Member – Sebastian Biasucci. We teamed up with Sebastian, who has curated our next two sessions with the exciting opportunity to read two entwined fast-paced plays: The Party and The Candidate by Toronto playwright Kat Sandler (Anne of Green Gables, Wild Woman, Yaga).:
2026 Winter/Spring Reading Group Season At-A-Glance:
Up Next: Sunday, February 22nd – The Party by Kat Sandler
Sunday, March 29th – The Candidate by Kat Sandler
A note from curator Sebastian Biasucci:
“When our current politics is so surreal that satire can seem like a documentary, how do you write a modern-day farce (or two) set within a political campaign? That’s what I’m excited to dive into over the course of the next two Reading Groups.
Come for one of the readings or both and imagine how one big cast performed these plays simultaneously! The Party & The Candidate can stand alone, and together, and each play will make for a great night with big laughs and engaging discussion.”
EVENT DETAILS & RSVP INFORMATION:
Next Read: The Party by Kat Sandler
When: Sunday, February 22nd at 5pm
Location: The Society Clubhouse, 967 College Street, Toronto.
If you are interested in attending The Reading Group:
- RSVPs are now full. (Space is limited and available on a first-come first-served basis).
- Join us on the night at 5pm to read or listen along.
We look forward to reading with you soon!
Get to Know our Winter 2026 Play-Curator:
SEBASTIAN BIASUCCI
Sebastian Biasucci is a Toronto-based actor, theatre maker and producer. As an Associate Member of The Howland Company, he has been a Shadow Director on The Welkin, Associate Producer on Prodigal, and Marketing Manager for Entrances & Exits. A graduate of TMU’s Performance Acting Program, Sebastian has performed with Good Old Neon, Panoply Productions, Hart House Theatre, and Rock Bottom Movement. Most recently, he produced a production of Hannah Moscovitch’s The Children’s Republic with Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company and Koffler Arts.
Keep posted with what The Reading Group is up to by following our hashtag #TheReadingGroupHC
In Case You Missed Them, Here’s What We’ve Read So Far:
2. Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
3. Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
4. Punk Rock by Simon Stephens
5. Reasons to be Pretty by Neil Labute
6. Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
7. Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
8. Seminar by Theresa Rebeck
9. A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
10. After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber
11. Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo
12. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
13. Rock n Roll by Tom Stoppard
14. City of Angels by Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart
15. Noises Off by Michael Frayn
16. Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
17. Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock
18. Middletown by Will Eno
21. Big Love by Charles Mee
22. Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
23. The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
24. The Weir by Conor McPherson
25. Saint Carmen of the Main by Michel Tremblay
26. The Rover by Aphra Behn
27. This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
65. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
87. How To Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla
93. John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
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