The 2009 New Play Reading Series at Country Playhouse continues today with Katy resident Scott McWhirterย’s Broke Poet, a look at our relationship with machines set in a Godot-esque world. Next weekย’s performance is Tom Stellย’s Republic Day, about a familyย’s search for justice. The series concludes April 5 with Gwen Flagerย’s Waiting to be Mended, an exploration of a womanย’s struggle with her past. 7 p.m. 12802 Queensbury. For information, call 713-467-4497 or visit www.countryplayhouse.org. Free.


Sun., March 22, 7 p.m., 2009