On Sept. 6 in the Terrace Theater, The Game's Afoot (Or Holmes for the Holidays), by Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You), will be presented from 3:30-6 PM. Tony nominee Marc Kudisch and Nancy Robinette will star in the reading of the comedy-thriller, which is described as containing "double-crosses, triple-crosses, gunplay, murder, lies, deceit, disguise, and sex. What do you expect? They’re actors." The reading will be presented as part of the Kennedy Center's Keenan Fellowship Program.

From 7:30-9 PM on Sept. 6, the Terrace Theater will also offer a reading of The Greenwood Tree, in which William Shakespeare's sonnets are set to music by Will Reynolds. In the contemporary story, "a young poet falls victim to Puck's notorious flower and he becomes entangled in a love triangle with his songwriting best friend and a beautiful woman named Sylvia. It is a story about self-discovery; about art and inspiration; about friends and lovers, and the fine line that is often blurred between the two." The reading will be co-presented by Signature Theatre and Folger Theatre.

The Tony-winning Signature Theatre will also present American Voices Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation at Millennium Stage North, Sept. 6 from 6-7 PM. Excerpts from musicals in development at Signature by Matt Conner, Adam Gwon, Marisa Michaelson, Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards will be heard.

The complete list of D.C.-area theatres participating in the festival (more than 40, according to the Kennedy Center) includes:
ABG Playwrights
Active Cultures
Adventure Theatre
African Continuum Theatre Company
Artists’ Bloc
The Audible Group
Baltimore Playwrights Festival
Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
Bowie State University Theatre Department
Bright Alchemy Theatre
Calliope Arts and Theater
Capital Fringe Festival
Catholic University Benjamin T. Rome School of Music
Catholic University of America (MFA Playwrights)
Charter Theater/First Draft
ClassiqueNouveau
Didactic Theatre Company
Doorway Arts Ensemble
The Essential Theatre
Faction of Fools Theatre
Company, Inc.
Factory 449
Folger Theatre
Forum Theatre
Ganymede Arts
The Georgetown Theatre Company
Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program
Howard University Department of Theater Arts
The Hub Theatre
The Inkwell
Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences
Northern VA Community College Theater
The Playwrights Forum
The Playwright's Group of Baltimore
Playwrights Zone
Rorschach Theatre Company
Run of the Mill/Dramatic Adventure Theatre
Safe Streets Arts Foundation
Scena Theatre
Signature Theatre
Synetic Theater
Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Theater J
Theater of the First Amendment
theHegira
Venus Theater Company
Washington Improv Theater
Washington Shakespeare Company
Washington Stage Guild
Wanderlust Theater Lab
Y.O.U.R. Productions

Tickets are free to all readings, but seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit kennedy-center.org.