Stage Read for "Anger Management" By Eileen Haas Linde

What is a staged reading?

• A staged reading is a script-forward performance of a new play.
• Actors read from scripts on stage
• Costumes, props, and technical elements are limited
• The focus is on the story, characters, and dialogue while the play is still being developed

How you’ll give feedback

• Your response helps the playwright revise and strengthen the play.
• After the reading, you’ll be invited to share brief feedback
• The most helpful comments are specific: what you loved, where you felt confused, and any moments that felt slow or unclear
• Please keep feedback kind and constructive

Free event (recommended for our 18+ crowd)

While this event is free, guests are invited to bring an item for The Giving Stage in lieu of purchasing a ticket. Just another chance to support our community while supporting the arts.

Anger Management in SWFL

When rising costs push Doctor Taylor back into work, she takes a court-mandated anger management contract in Southwest Florida—only to find herself in a shabby, leaking office with a group of “first-time offenders” who look more like a dysfunctional PTA meeting than criminals. Between an endless insurance-company phone loop, outrageous confessions, and nonstop one-liners, therapy goes completely off the rails.

Then a robbery interrupts the session… and the robber quickly learns these patients are way scarier than he is. Add a storm, surprise connections, and hurricane-level chaos, and you’ve got a fast, dark comedy where everyone’s guilty of something—especially bad decisions.

October 21st at 7:00 PM