EST/Sloan Project presents a Reading of
Henry Makes a Bible
written by AJ Clauss
directed by Lilli Hokama
featuring Mehry Iris Eslaminia, Rebecca Harris, Kurt Hellerich, Paul Pontrelli, Amber Quick, & Kelsey Rainwater
The creation story of the world's most famous medical textbook created by two college students in 1850, Henry and Henry. A story of gentle eyes and cold bones.
Hadley Todoran, Stage Manager
This virtual reading will be held on the Zoom platform. You can make sure you have the latest version downloaded here.
AJ Clauss is a playwright and performer forged from mountain dew and the cornfields of Indiana, currently living in NYC. AJ is a member of Youngblood, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s OBIE award-winning playwright collective. Recently AJ's plays have been seen in Seattle (React Theatre at 12th Ave Arts), Baltimore (Trupenny Collective at The Mercury Theatre), and will soon present a new queer play to their small-town in Indiana, thanks to a grant from the Indiana Arts Council and Arts Midwest (some day). Plays include When You Were Small, Close Your Eyes and Sleep, and Salty. BFA: University of Evansville. Light seeks light.
Throughout the First Light festival, we are advocating for an exciting non-profit organization called Black Girls Do STEM. Support them with a gift, if you can!
Black Girls Do STEM is a diversifying innovation, empowering Black girls to achieve equitable STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) representation. By creating a culturally unique learning space, we give room for cognitive and mental resilience. This lends to development of a STEM mindset and belief in their STEM capability, while placing positive role models who look like them right in their path. Through our core values of scholarship, training, empowerment (equity), and mentorship, we trigger curiosity in the minds of Black girls building confidence, skills, and the future STEM workforce. Please visit their website to learn more and support them today.
Henry Makes a Bible is part of this season's First Light Festival, learn more about the festival and other plays like this here.
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: Actors’ Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, and SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the artists to appear on this program.