08/28/2026
🎭 THE PLAYS HAVE BEEN SELECTED!
Mosaic Theatricals is thrilled to announce the seven new plays coming to this year’s Staged Reading Festival! ✨
From surreal dark comedy to powerful stories of family, identity, war, love, and healing, this year’s festival brings seven unique new voices and stories to the stage.
📅 October 5–10, 2026
📍 The Bornemann Theatre
TERI Campus of Life | San Marcos, CA
Get ready to experience these new works as they come to life through staged readings! 🎭
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🐺 THE WOLFGIRL JOURNAL
Written by Michael Ker
📅 October 5
Set in 1980, just one week before the death of John Lennon, The Wolfgirl Journal follows Sacha, a sensitive 15-year-old Venice Beach surfer, skateboarder, vegetarian, and Lennon-obsessed artist.
When Sacha is uprooted from California and forced to move to the wilds of Alaska with his mother and new stepfather, his world—and his understanding of himself—is turned upside down.
🎭 A coming-of-age story about identity, displacement, and finding your place in an unfamiliar world.
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🖼️ THE MUSEUM ANNEX
Written by Mildred Inez Lewis
📅 October 6
Inspired by George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum, The Museum Annex imagines a new museum led by five Black women who serve as tour guides and “living” exhibits.
Moving from the history of slavery to the present day, the play invites audiences to confront history while making space for repair, healing, joy, and love.
✨ A powerful exploration of history, identity, resilience, and collective healing.
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🔥 GROZNY PART III: THE INVISIBLE
Written by Bill Hyatt
📅 October 7
As a Russian invasion of Chechnya looms, Zara senses danger closing in and urges her family to flee. But her husband, Ibrahim, a retired judge rooted in faith and tradition
