Corona Cold Reads: Studio 60 & The West Wing

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.   We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them.   But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. Our solution was to gather some of our favourite people every Saturday night throughout quarantine to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in. There’s a lot more to come, so stay tuned.   For Sorkin Season, our troupe will be reading selections from the work of Aaron Sorkin both onstage and onscreen.   Listen to Sorkin Season Part 2 in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page to check out the video versions of all our live readings.   CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode.    The Cast of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip– “The Long Lead Story” Martha O’Dell- Elizabeth Morriss Matt Albie- Mark Kreder Tom Jeter- Saiya Floyd Danny Tripp- David Armstrong Jordan McDeere- Leigh Cal Shanley- Christopher Prentice Harriet Hayes- Alison Louder Jack Rudolph- Robert Skanes Simon Stiles- Aundreya Thompson Wilson White- Olivia McCargar Trevor Laughlin- Miriam B Martin- Dom Harvey Robbie- Hilary Wartinger Sting- Laura Hubbard Alex- Scott Garland Suzanne- Shalyn McFaul Waitress- Nicole Falgoust Lauren Graham- Gaby Grice Lilly- Melissa Wright   The Cast of The West Wing– “17 People” President Bartlet- Shalyn McFaul Toby Ziegler- Scott Garland Ainsley Hayes- Nicole Falgoust Sam Seaborn- Laura Hubbard Josh Lyman- Elizabeth Ramirez Donna Moss- Olivia McCargar Charlie Young- Aundreya Thompson Leo McGarry- Weldon Goree Ed- Miriam B Larry- Hilary Wartinger   The post Corona Cold Reads: <em>Studio 60</em> & <em>The West Wing</em> appeared first on My Entertainment World.