Previous Reading Participants
2022
- “A Cup of Life” by Kwik Jones
- “Cebollas” by Leonard Madrid
- Distinguished Guest: August Wilson
2021
- “Power to The Queendom” by ShaWanna Rene Rivon
- “Bed of Stone” by Joe Campa
- Distinguished Guest: José Rivera
2020
- “Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed” by Celeste Bedford Walker
- “Stoop Pigeons” by Christin Eve Cato
- Distinguished Distinguished Guest: Gus Edwards
2019
- “Delivery” by Jelisa Jay Robinson
- “As A Mighty Stream” by Melissa Maxwell & Rob Urbanati
- Distinguished Guest: Culture Clash
2018
- “The Real People Play” by Messiah Hagood-Barnes
- “LeRoaches Lament” by Ruben Gonzalez
- Distinguished Guest: Richard Wesley
2017
- “Rubi X” by Monica Sanchez
- “hop thA A” by James Anthony Tyler
- Distinguished Guest: Josefina Lopez
2016
- “Black Super Hero Magic Mama” by Inda Craig-Galvan
- “The Veils" by Hope Villanueva
- Distinguished Guest: Regina Taylor
2015
- “Through Andrew’s Eyes” by Oscar Cabrera
- “Finding Vermont” by Gavin Lawrence
- Distinguished Guest: Octavio Solis
2014
- “Sweet” by Harrison David Rivers
- “On The 531” by Mando Alvarado
- Distinguished Guest: Ted Shine
2013
- “Eugene” by Amina Henry
- “Sangre y Viento” by Adam Esquinazi Douglas
- Distinguished Guest: Luis Valdez
2012
- “Casket Sharp” by Radha Blank
- “Seven Sisters” by Bridgette A. Wimberly
- “Tango Through the Revolution” by Adam Esquinazi Douglas
- Distinguished Guest: Douglas Turner Ward
2011
- “My Tidy List of Terrors” by Jonathan Norton
- “Columpio” by Joe Luis Cedillo
- “Basilica” by Mando Alvarado
2010
- “Into the Pines” by Beto O’Byrne
- “Southbridge” by Reginald Edmund
2009
- “Slashes of Light” by Judy Tate
- “The Bonobos” by Amparo Garcia Crow
2008
- “The Giver” by Kim Dunbar
- “Beastly Beauty” by Paco Jose Madden
2007
- “Common Ground” by Antoinnette Walker
- “Before Death Comes for the Archbishop” by Elaine Romero
2006
- “Yo Frederick” by Gus Edwards
- “The Faraway Nearby” by Amparo Garcia Crow
2005
- “Forty Acres” by Robert Alexander
- “69 Portraits of Che” by Joe Luis Cedillo
Script Sample
2004
- “The Peculiar and Sudden Nearness of the Moon” by Velina Hasu Houston
2003
- “Fear Itself” by Eugene Lee
2021
- “Power to The Queendom” by ShaWanna Rene Rivon
- “Bed of Stone” by Joe Campa
- Distinguished Guest: José Rivera
2020
- “Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed” by Celeste Bedford Walker
- “Stoop Pigeons” by Christin Eve Cato
- Distinguished Distinguished Guest: Gus Edwards
2019
- “Delivery” by Jelisa Jay Robinson
- “As A Mighty Stream” by Melissa Maxwell & Rob Urbanati
- Distinguished Guest: Culture Clash
2018
- “The Real People Play” by Messiah Hagood-Barnes
- “LeRoaches Lament” by Ruben Gonzalez
- Distinguished Guest: Richard Wesley
2017
- “Rubi X” by Monica Sanchez
- “hop thA A” by James Anthony Tyler
- Distinguished Guest: Josefina Lopez
2016
- “Black Super Hero Magic Mama” by Inda Craig-Galvan
- “The Veils" by Hope Villanueva
- Distinguished Guest: Regina Taylor
2015
- “Through Andrew’s Eyes” by Oscar Cabrera
- “Finding Vermont” by Gavin Lawrence
- Distinguished Guest: Octavio Solis
2014
- “Sweet” by Harrison David Rivers
- “On The 531” by Mando Alvarado
- Distinguished Guest: Ted Shine
2013
- “Eugene” by Amina Henry
- “Sangre y Viento” by Adam Esquinazi Douglas
- Distinguished Guest: Luis Valdez
2012
- “Casket Sharp” by Radha Blank
- “Seven Sisters” by Bridgette A. Wimberly
- “Tango Through the Revolution” by Adam Esquinazi Douglas
- Distinguished Guest: Douglas Turner Ward
2011
- “My Tidy List of Terrors” by Jonathan Norton
- “Columpio” by Joe Luis Cedillo
- “Basilica” by Mando Alvarado
2010
- “Into the Pines” by Beto O’Byrne
- “Southbridge” by Reginald Edmund
2009
- “Slashes of Light” by Judy Tate
- “The Bonobos” by Amparo Garcia Crow
2008
- “The Giver” by Kim Dunbar
- “Beastly Beauty” by Paco Jose Madden
2007
- “Common Ground” by Antoinnette Walker
- “Before Death Comes for the Archbishop” by Elaine Romero
2006
- “Yo Frederick” by Gus Edwards
- “The Faraway Nearby” by Amparo Garcia Crow
2005
- “Forty Acres” by Robert Alexander
- “69 Portraits of Che” by Joe Luis Cedillo
Script Sample
2004
- “The Peculiar and Sudden Nearness of the Moon” by Velina Hasu Houston
2003
- “Fear Itself” by Eugene Lee