Julie Elise Landry's play Are You Sleeping? was chosen for the 2026 Scripts Unbound reading series coordinated by the UNO Creative Writing Workshop (CWW) and the UNO School of the Arts (SOTA).
Scripts Unbound invites CWW/SOTA students to submit original work for consideration by a selection committee, and SOTA presents public readings of the chosen plays. After each reading, audience members provide feedback and answer questions from the Scripts Unbound host, describing their experiences of the work and suggesting considerations for revision.
Of the plays submitted for 2026, the selection committee chose four to be presented in the series.
In Landry's play, two cousins confront the irrevocable differences in their experiences of their family at the funeral of their grandmother—while the erratic spirit of their grandmother interjects and shares her own animated (re-animated!) opinions. Are You Sleeping? explores the subtle damage done amongst families and the difficulty of communicating those harms to one other.
The reading will be held March 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM.
Scripts Unbound invites CWW/SOTA students to submit original work for consideration by a selection committee, and SOTA presents public readings of the chosen plays. After each reading, audience members provide feedback and answer questions from the Scripts Unbound host, describing their experiences of the work and suggesting considerations for revision.
Of the plays submitted for 2026, the selection committee chose four to be presented in the series.
In Landry's play, two cousins confront the irrevocable differences in their experiences of their family at the funeral of their grandmother—while the erratic spirit of their grandmother interjects and shares her own animated (re-animated!) opinions. Are You Sleeping? explores the subtle damage done amongst families and the difficulty of communicating those harms to one other.
The reading will be held March 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM.
Photo by Mayron Oliveira on Unsplash
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