The Reading Theater Project has announced the next season of new and locally inspired theater, all centered around the theme of “Embracing Our Humanity.”

The season opens with “Proud,” a play by Judd Lear Silverman, a playwright based in Berks County. The play is set during a three-day traffic jam on the Schuylkill Expressway. A pride of peacocks, escapees from the nearby Philadelphia Zoo, were purposefully marching down the side of the highway on a top-secret mission. This is their story, from their POV, based on a true story. The production will be directed by Kimberly Patterson, and performed at the WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. Fifth St., Reading, on Nov. 7-9 and 14- 6.

Following is the 11th annual 5-Minute Fringe Festival, this year with the theme of “Legacy.” Performers and playw

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