{"id":598375,"date":"2026-02-18T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/598375\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:46:46","slug":"fyc-independents-and-lacae-theatre-present-another-night-of-staged-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/598375\/","title":{"rendered":"FYC Independents And LACAE\u00a0Theatre Present ANOTHER NIGHT OF STAGED READING"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83c\udfad NEW! Los Angeles Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, February 15, during NBA All-Star Weekend, FYC Independents and LACAE Theatre presented another full-capacity event for Another Night of Staged Reading Featuring Emmy Nominees and Winners. Check out photos of the show.<\/p>\n

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The evening followed the success of their inaugural program, which also filled the theatre on the night the Los Angeles Dodgers secured the 2025 World Series title.<\/p>\n

Daytime television actors Courtney Hope, Kate Linder, Conner Floyd, and Patrika Darbo appeared together on stage.<\/p>\n

The program featured television pilot scripts by WGA member Gary Goldstein, whose credits include The Wish List, Hitched for the Holidays, and Lights, Camera, Christmas!, alongside work by T.C. DeWitt, a writer, director, and actor.<\/p>\n

Performers included Emmy winners Patrika Darbo, Kim Estes, and Courtney Hope; two-time nominee Kelsey Scott; and Kate Linder of The Young and the Restless, a 2025 Daytime Emmy Silver Circle inductee. Additional participants included Conner Floyd (The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives), Kevin Brief (The Pitt, Criminal Minds), Meredith Thomas (The Merry Gentlemen; producer of the Emmy-nominated Mafia Spies and $tack$), Vanessa Esperanza (CSI: NY), Genia Michaela, and Rosie Ryden, a student in LACAE\u2019s ACT III program.<\/p>\n

Audience members were invited to send Valentine\u2019s messages backstage during the event.<\/p>\n

The reading was produced by Meredith Thomas of FYC Independents, which has supported Emmy campaigns since 2018. Proceeds benefited Future Artists of Los Angeles (FALA), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on training, performance, and community initiatives. LACAE Theatre and Acting School serves as FALA\u2019s flagship program.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Serena Jordan<\/p>\n

\"Photos:<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nZavi and Spencer MacIntire<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nPearly Mitnasala<\/p>\n

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\"Photos:

\nJennifer Popagain and Elan Menkin<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJames Mottram, Roberta Bassin, Dale E. Turner, and Diana Lansleen<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nTracey Rooney and Jennifer Popagain<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAlan Gecht, Marcia Gecht, Lisa Reitman, Bill Pinajian with writer\/director of Correspondent! , Gary Goldstein<\/p>\n

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\nSarah Nilsen\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nExecutive Director of LACAE, Erin Coleman\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKelsey Scott<\/a> and Courtney Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKim Estes<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nT.C. Dewitt and Vanessa Esperanza<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nT.C. Dewitt and Vanessa Esperanza<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nPatrika Darbo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nMeredith Thomas<\/a> and Kate Linder<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nPatrika Darbo<\/a>, Meredith Thomas<\/a> and Kate Linder<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKevin Brief and Conner Floyd<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nVanessa Esperanza<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRosie Ryden<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd, Kim Estes and Kelsey Scott<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKesey Scott, Courtney Hope<\/a>, Patrika Darbo<\/a> , Meredith Thomas<\/a> and Kate Linder<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nGenia Michaela<\/a> and Rosie Ryden<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd, Meredith Thomas<\/a> , Patrika Darbo<\/a> , and Kate Linder<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Meredith Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nMeredith Thomas<\/a>, Patrika Darbo<\/a>, and Kate Linder<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Meredith Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nGenia Michaela<\/a> and Rosie Ryden<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Courtney Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Courtney Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Courtney Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRosie Ryden<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRosie Ryden<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Meredith Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Meredith Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nConner Floyd and Meredith Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKim Estes<\/p>\n

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