The team behind The Big Bang, a monthly cold reading series, is producing a festival including food, music, and new works readings at Judson Memorial Church February 5-6 in honor of Judson’s 60th Birthday. Each night, the community will gather for two live readings, with a community dinner and musical performance in between. 

The festival will include new plays, screenplays by Rachel Bonds, Susanna Fogel, C.A. Johnson, and Michael Mitnik.  Actors scheduled to appear include Michael Cyril Creighton, Ira Glass, Jeff Hiller, Gayle Rankin, and many more to be announced, with musical performances by Ava Delaney and Nev Sings. The festival is produced by Jonathan Caren, Serena Berman, Hayley Watkins, Michelle Vera, and Layomi Oloritun.