From Reading Theater Project
Pictured above: Adam Richter.
The Reading Theater Project is pleased to announce the first play reading of the 2025-26 season, Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story by Adam Richter. The staged reading plays one night only: Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., at the GoggleWorks’ Boscov Theater, 201 Washington St., Reading, with parking on site. Tickets are available online or by calling 484-706-9719. More information can be found at ReadingTheaterProject.org.
Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge are two of the most ruthless businessmen London has ever seen. They are hated by everyone and hate everyone in return. But they have each other. This is the prequel to A Christmas Carol that Charles Dickens couldn’t have written and fits perfectly into the “Disruption” theme of this year’s Play Reading Series.
The playwright is Wyomissing-writer Adam Richter. The performance is directed by John Gancar and stage-managed by Sean Sassaman. The cast includes Corey Clark as Young Ebenezer, Lady Strongman as Young Jacob, Joel Gori as Older Ebenezer, George Hatza as Older Jacob, Megan Rose as Nurse, and Richard Bradbury as Narrator.
Adam Richter is a journalist and playwright. His short plays have been produced by the Reading Theater Project as well as companies in Houston, Leeds, and Kyiv. His one-act plays, Eye Contact and Clips, won the Phillips Mill Emerging Playwright Award. He is a member of the Online News Association and the Dramatists Guild. Learn more about him at adam-richter.com.
All productions this season will follow the Pay-What-You-Will ticket pricing model: an audience member can choose their own price for a ticket, including $0.00. The recommended price is $10.00 for this production, and those who are able to pay are encouraged to pay the $20.00 Pay-It-Forward price. This ticket pricing model is part of the Theater for All initiative to make theater more accessible to all audiences.
Reading Theater Project receives funding from EnerSys, the Reading Musical Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, administered through Berks Arts.
The Reading Theater Project is a locally-focused theater company, based in Reading/Berks County. It values collaboration and creative challenges and believes theater is an inclusive experience that can reveal the shared human condition. For more information, visit readingtheaterproject.org or call 484-706-9719.
