2026 Vivid Summer Solos

2026 Vivid Summer Solos
Weekly Reading Series in July

Bring a comfy lawn chair and your favorite snack to enjoy a summer eve with us.

(In case of rain or extreme heat we will move inside at the Visual Arts Center!)

Fair State

by Megan Gogerty

Wednesday, July 8 @ 6:30 pm

When a woman loses her charming, unreliable, alcoholic father, she unearths evidence of her family’s ancestral ties to the founding of the state of Iowa: are they hearty immigrants making a new life in a new state, or a collection of self-satisfied boot-strappers complicit in the destruction and erasure of Iowa’s indigenous tribes? She asks the audience, what do we do with our problematic relatives?

Featuring: Harriett Trangucci

Long Drive Home

by Stephen Kaplan

Wednesday, July 15 @ 6:30 pm

Based on the NY Times bestseller, Long Drive Home follows the life of Glen Bauer, a white man whose impulsive act while driving his 6-year-old daughter home from school results in a tragic accident. To protect himself and his family, Glen conceals his involvement, a decision that ignites a destructive chain of events. In the end, he must face the full weight of the damage he’s done to himself and those he loves.

Featuring: Jason Szamreta

Maker of Worlds

by Wendy Schmidt

Wednesday, July 22 @ 6:30 pm

Martha (definitely not Stewart), a deity, decides to destroy the world and start over. She then discovers that her husband, Warren (definitely not Buffett), is the one who built the system that's ruining it in the first place. A play that spans time and space, features the ghost of Jim Morrison, and deals with creation and the past catching up to you.

Featuring: Laura Ekstrand

The Call List

by Brian James Pollak

Wednesday, July 29 @ 6:30 pm

 A dispirited legal assistant is tasked with calling individuals on a list left behind by a man who committed suicide. The work assignment could not come at a worse time, as she is dealing with her own life/work existential crisis while her mother and sister badger her via text message. Ultimately, it's a few kind words from a stranger that might give her what she needs.

Featuring: Emaline Williams