LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR “THE READING SERIES” AT LCT3
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR
“THE READING SERIES”
AT LCT3
FEATURING ONE-NIGHT-ONLY READINGS OF NEW PLAYS FROM
CHRISTINA ANDERSON
JAKE BRASCH
KATE CORTESI
MIRANDA ROSE HALL
NICK KAIDOO
AND
MFONSIO UDOFIA
SELECTED BY AND IN CONVERSATION WITH LCT ALUMNI PLAYWRIGHTS
AYAD AKHTAR
BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS
LYNN NOTTAGE
MARCO RAMIREZ
J.T. ROGERS
AND
SARAH RUHL
New York, NY (November 20, 2025) – Lincoln Center Theater announced today the programming for The Reading Series at LCT3. In this intimate new series, six of our most celebrated playwrights join forces with exciting voices new to LCT to share the stage and the spotlight. Each one-night-only event features a staged reading of a bold new work, alongside an open conversation between storytellers prior to each reading. These public readings will be presented beginning on Monday, December 1, 2025, and will continue through June 2026. The plays have been selected by a group of LCT alumni playwrights including Ayad Akhtar, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage, Marco Ramirez, J.T. Rogers, and Sarah Ruhl.
Programming will include the following:
Three Weeks in Paris by Christina Anderson, selected by Lynn Nottage, on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 6:30PM.
Ten Grand by Kate Cortesi, selected by J.T. Rogers, on Monday, January 5, 2026 at 6:30PM.
Work of Devotion by Miranda Rose Hall, selected by Sarah Ruhl on Monday, March 9, 2026 at 6:30PM.
Sycamore by Nick Kaidoo, selected by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Monday, March 16, 2026 at 6:30PM.
creation stories and all the important importants by Mfoniso Udofia, selected by Ayad Akhtar on Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:30PM.
Trip Around the Sun by Jake Brasch, selected by Marco Ramirez, on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 6:30PM.
Tickets for The Reading Series are available at www.lct.org/shows/the-reading-series.
Support for LCT3 is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, and members of the LCT3 Council. Endowment support for LCT3 is provided by Daryl Roth, James-Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, and The Judith Champion Playwrights’ Vision Fund and Mel Litoff. LCT season support is generously provided by Daryl Roth, Denise Littlefield Sobel, and American Airlines.
ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
LCT’s mission is to bring exceptional theater to life. Building on a legacy of artistic excellence, LCT strives to expand what is possible: to make the magic of theatre more palpable, empowering visionary artists and extending the invitation for the community to join in celebrating the power of live performance. To see that mission to fruition in a new era at the New York institution, commencing with the current 2025-2026 season, Lear deBessonet assumes the role of Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, alongside Managing Director Mike Schleifer, Executive Producer Barlett Sher, Producer Nicole Kastrinos, Executive Director of Development and Planning Naomi Grabel, and LCT3 Artistic Director and Producer Maria Manuela Goyanes.
Following the season launch on July 30, 2025 with the free Silent Disco Listening Party of the Warriors concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, deBessonet opened her inaugural season at the Vivian Beaumont Theater with a new production of her celebrated New York City Center Gala revival of Ragtime, the American premiere of the 2025 Olivier Award-nominated play Kyoto at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, and The Comedy Series with LCT3 at the Claire Tow Theater. The season also includes upcoming productions of Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Whoopi Monologues at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater; Night Side Songs, A Woman Among Women and The Reading Series with LCT3 at the Claire Tow Theater; as well as expanded programming including collaborations with groundbreaking artists including Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana and one special benefit at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Founded in 1985 by Board Chair Hon. John V. Lindsay, Executive Producer Bernie Gersten and Director Gregory Mosher, and led for 33 years by André Bishop, LCT is one of the leading nonprofit theaters in the country, producing an annual season of plays and musicals that have been seen by millions around the globe. It is one of 11 autonomous constituents of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, the three theaters that make up LCT welcome nearly 300,000 audience members to its home on the Lincoln Center campus.
Over the last 40 years, LCT and its outstanding productions have received many of the highest accolades, including 87 Tony Awards, 97 Drama Desk Awards, 79 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 33 Obies, 11 NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize, as well as two finalists.
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