At Vineyard Theatre, Katz directed a reading of Kristina Poe's Love Sick.

He directed a staged reading of the Adam Gwon and Julia Jordan musical, Bernice Bobs Her Hair at American University.

In December he will direct a reading of Robert Lowell's poem "Benito Cereno" at the 92d Street Y. And these are just his recent doings.

At the Goodman Theatre he directed a staged reading of Fences as part of the Goodman's August Wilson Celebration in February 2007.

Her third play The Mecca Tales, which is a Goodman commission, had a staged reading as part of the playwright unit in June 2011, directed by Ron OJ Parsons.

In May 2008 he directed a reading of Chains by Eugene Scribe at the Trafalgar Studios.

In February 2010, she directed a staged reading of Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders for the Los Angeles chapter of Actors Equity Association.

And on Monday at the Second Stage, Ms. Wasserstein will try her hand at directing a reading of her 1977 play, "Uncommon Women and Others."

Laughton also directed a staged reading in 1953 of Stephen Vincent Benét's John Brown's Body, a full-length poem about the American Civil War and its aftermath.

Mr. Zaks is also directing a reading of "The Night They Raided Minsky's" next Friday.