Open to Public
Pre-Existing Condition
Free Event
Thu, Oct 30.2025
Please join us for a dramatic reading of Marin Ireland's Pre-Existing Condition—a play exploring the challenges, shared community, and everyday indignities of learning to move forward after a life-altering, harmful relationship—as a catalyst for a powerful, guided audience discussion about domestic and intimate partner violence grounded in the perspectives of victims and survivors.
Featuring performances by Julia Chan (Saving Hope), Sarah Steele (The Good Fight), Myra Lucretia Taylor(American Fiction), and Greg Keller (Blue Bloods).
This event is a collaboration with the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Directed by Maria Dizzia
Facilitated by Bryan Doerries
Presented by Theater of War Productions, WNYC, and Chase This Productions.
Registration is required to attend in person or on Zoom.
This free, public, live, hybrid event will take place in person and on Zoom Webinar, broadcast from WNYC. In person registration does not guarantee you a seat. If you choose to join us online, this event can be accessed on personal devices. The event Zoom link will be distributed via email and available to registered attendees starting two days prior to the event. This event will be captioned in English on Zoom.
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