Participate
We’re calling on communities in all 50 states to host conversations with these plays.
HOW IT WORKS
Step 1 — Tell us you're interested.
Complete the participation form below, even if you're still exploring what your gathering might look like. You don't need a date, venue, or complete plan. We'll be in touch with resources and support to help you get started.
Step 2 — Select plays.
Read the collection and choose the plays you’re most excited to share with your community. Choose one play, several, or all 36. Confirm your date(s) and location(s), and let us know.
Step 3 — Gather between October 23rd and November 3rd.
Bring people together to read or hear the plays and talk about the questions they raise. Your gathering can be a few friends around a table, a classroom discussion, a community reading, or a performance.
We'll add your event to our website and celebrate it alongside gatherings happening across the country. Together, these individual conversations will become part of a larger national dialogue at a consequential moment for American democracy.
WHAT TO KNOW
Each play or monologue is approximately ten minutes long.
You may share one play, several plays, or the complete collection.
No theatre experience is required. You can simply gather people, read a play aloud, and talk about what you heard.
Your gathering can be informal or fully produced.
There are no licensing or participation fees as long as admission is free.
Public events are encouraged, but gatherings in private homes or other private spaces are welcome too.
Events should take place between October 23 and November 3, 2026, leading up to the midterm elections.
You can fill out the interest form now, even if you're still deciding what you want to do.
Interested in participating?
Complete the interest form below, and we'll be in touch with next steps.
“Rather than limiting where these plays can be performed, these artists have chosen to remove all barriers so that as many communities as possible can gather, listen, and engage with one another. If enough communities choose to participate, these individual gatherings become something rare: a nationwide act of listening. ”