Free activities and events in New York City

Dramatic Reading “Pre-Existing Condition”

Published: October 25, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

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 (Uncle Vanya), Sarah Steele ( 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 before the event. This event will be captioned in English on Zoom.

All of Theater of War Productions’ events follow the same format:

• The performers will read the texts.
• Community panelists will kick off the discussion with their gut responses to what resonated with them across time.
• We will open the discussion to the audience, facilitated by Bryan Doerries. To participate in the discussion online, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, please accept the invitation to be promoted to speak, and you will be visible and heard by the entire audience for the duration of your comments. If you would prefer not to be seen, please disable your video.

Location: 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014, United States

Time: 7:00 pm EDT

Free!

Registration

Detailed information and discussion of the event.