Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/16/2026
2:00 pm
Location
Boston Court Pasadena
Category(ies)
Boston Court Pasadena presents “Agape” by Agyeiwaa Asante (Photo – Boston Court Pasadena)
Since 2004, Boston Court Pasadena has championed bold, risk-taking new work through its New Play Reading Festival. This year’s festival runs May 14–17, 2026, with plays that span everything from the search for answers and battles with monsters to the complexities of military and civilian life.
Experience adventurous new work at its earliest stage, and be among the first to encounter stories you won’t find anywhere else in Southern California.
SATURDAY, MAY 16
2:00 pm
Agape
by Agyeiwaa Asante
directed by Velani Dibba
In the basement of the In Guiding Light Charismatic Church of Silver Spring, Maryland, the young women of the Agape Drama Ministry shine each week performing biblical skits to edify their congregation. But when one of their own returns after a long absence with new ideas, their fragile ecosystem, and their relationships, begin to crack.
A moving, deeply funny coming-of-age story about the pressures of college, crises of faith, arrested development, and reckoning with not having all the answers.
About the Playwright
Agyeiwaa Asante is a Ghanaian-American playwright and administrator based in the DMV area. Her full-length plays include and have been developed with, DAINTY (BOLD NYC’s 2020 Festival, Mosaic Theatre, Playwrights Realms Scratchpad series, Firehouse Theatre), AGAPE; or The Church Play (Cygnet’s Finish Line Commission, Round House’s Capital New Play Festival, Boston Court Pasadena’s Playwrights Group) and The Half-Sibling Play (Fire This Time Festival, Moxie Theatre). She holds commissions for University of Maryland’s NextNow Festival, Single Carrot Theatre and Round House Theatre. She is the 2020 recipient of The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation’s Ollie Award and a member of The Kilroys Web 2023 and The Playwrights Cohort at PlayPenn, Class of 2024-25. B.A. in Theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park. MFA in Playwriting at UC San Diego.
> Buy tickets for any or all three festival shows online or in person/by phone through the Box Office at (626) 683-6801.
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