FREE New York City Event: Axial Theater Presents a Play Reading of Robert Schenkkan's "Building the Wall" with Dan Walworth and Lauren B. Martin

Axial Theater is presenting a play reading of Pulitizer-Prize winning playwright Robert Schennkkan's play "Building the Wall" on April 12, 2026 at 5pm at Michael Howard Studios, 152 West 25th Street, 10th floor in New York City. The play reading is free but donations to the non-profit Axial Theater will go a long way in ensuring future productions. The reading will be by Dan Walworth and Lauren B, Martin directed by Michael Hickok. See below to RSVP. More info can be found at www.AxialTheater.org. Emmy-winner Cady McClain is Artistic Director of Axial.

A play written in 2017. A story that feels like now. BUILDING THE WALL by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan A STAGED READING Featuring Axial Ensemble members Dan Walworth and Lauren B. Martin Directed by John Hickok ​ BUILDING THE WALL offers a gripping and unsettling look at the systems, decisions, and beliefs that shape our present moment. It is a platform for asking not only where we are - but how we got here. “There’s a hold-your-breath inevitability to what is finally disclosed in BUILDING THE WALL, [a] powerful dystopian drama about life in the Donald Trump era…what the writer imagines is not so much a fanciful futurist leap but a calculated cautionary tale…[a] scorcher of a play…” —Variety. EVENT DETAILS SUNDAY, APRIL 12th 5PM Michael Howard Studios 152 West 25th Street 10th floor NY, NY 10011 All seats are free however your donations are appreciated. There will be a discussion with the director after the reading.

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