The Dark Room is a place where writers take center stage and their work has a chance to grow. The Dark Room is an ongoing event held on the second Tuesday of each month. The Dark Room affords emerging and veteran playwrights the space and resources to develop new works. It offers a venue to workshop plays, novels, poems, or any other written work in a supportive, yet critical environment.

Tuesday, October 11th

7:00pm: Sign-up begins for writers and actors (space is limited). Writers can bring up to 10 pages of work to be read; actors will be cast on the spot!

7:30pm: Featured Reading of Horatio by Greg Mandryk

8:15pm: Open Mic Session readings begin

Suggested donation of $5 is welcomed at the door, but not required.

ABOUT THE FEATURED READING:  An abnormal, young man with an unnatural fear of death meets a girl who offers him a way to cheat his mortality... if he has the stomach for it. Featuring Jason Bogdany, Jordan Fleming, Jena Gross, Dayni Mahar and Jack Matuszewski.

ABOUT THE WRITER: Greg Mandryk has performed as an actor and a comedian in the Northeast Ohio area for the past twenty years. As a writer, Greg has been a frequent contributor to the Dark Room and has had several of his short plays produced by various theatres in Ohio and (for some reason) Rhode Island.


Open session readings are first come, first serve until all slots have been allotted. All submissions should be made to Mindy Herman at herman.mindy@gmail.com or to John Busser at jpbusser@gmail.com .