Merrimack Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the Middlesex Community College Department of Performing Arts, will present a free public reading of a new comedy, Into the Breeches by George Brant, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 29, in the MCC Recital Hall at The Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, 240 Central Street in downtown Lowell.
According to the National New Play Network, “It’s 1942, and the Oberon Play House’s director and leading men are off at war. Determined to press on, the director’s wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare’s Henry V, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theater experience. Together they deliver a delightful celebration of collaboration and persistence when the show must go on! A surprisingly modern and moving comedy about the singular way art and community reveal our boldest selves even in the darkest times.”
The event is free but requires an RSVP at the bottom of the homepage at www.mrt.org