Welcome to The Drawing Board

A Lab for Playwrights, Screenwriters, and Actors

The Drawing Board helps writers in various stages of development to move forward
through table reads, workshops, and staged readings.

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We've got a great cast lined up for our first 2026 table reading!
Join us on January 26th to hear the new TV pilot UNGRATEFUL by Mike Bencivenga

Featuring: Mike Bachmann, Melissa Canaday, Martin Ewens, Mia Gentile, Alicia Giangrisostomi, Casimir Gregory, Jake Hart, Amanda Brooke Lerner, Jackson Avery Marshall, Alec Nevin, Johnny Oliva, Manuel Zopiyaxtle

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Monday, January 26th
​7pm reading, discussion to follow

22 East 30th Street, 2nd floor

UNGRATEFUL 
a pilot for a one-hour limited drama series
by Mike Bencivenga

When a young lawyer discovers her family’s dark secret about her uncle’s involvement in a cop killing, she confronts her father about the deception and fights to free her wrongly imprisoned relative, which threatens to destroy her upcoming wedding and tear both families apart.

Upcoming Readings at TDB:

Monday, February 23rd
Monday, March 23rd
Monday, April 27th
Monday, May 18th

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