MAC Original Play Reading Series: The Rule of Cool by Griffin Horn

June 11th, 2026
@The Media Fellowship House
Reading Begins 7:30PM
Donation for admission: $10 Suggested
Director: Toby Tieger
Writer: Griffin Horn
Cast:
IPH - Miriam Walton
LUD - Fern Morehouse
BOWMAN / UGH - Iykechi McCoy
FOLSOM / JOCK - Jacob Ryan
RENEE - Jaime Parker
STAGE DIRECTIONS - Yadiomi Padilla
Synopsis:
It's Sophomore year and Iph is struggling to keep up with pre-med, and not even her weekly game of Dungeons & Dragons can help. She and her friends go back to the drawing board and make their campaign up from scratch, when all the feelings they haven't confronted begin appearing unbidden in their game. Can they keep their cool?
About the Playwright:
Griffin Horn (he/him) is a playwright, director, and educator, with a B.A. in Drama from Kenyon College, and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Temple University. His full-length plays include Our Hopeful Anxious Hearts, which received a reading at PlayPenn, and was a finalist for the Terrence McNally Award at Philadelphia Theatre Company. He directed A Levittown Christmas Carol by Righteous Jolly and Dave Shaw at the New Hope Arts Center, as well as Voices by Joy Nash, The Half of It by Domenick Scudera, Morphology by Jillian Blevins, and Promises to Keep: A Yuletide Ceremony, all for the Phillips’ Mill Community Association. He has taught at Ursinus College, Darlington Arts Center, McCarter Theatre Center, and Arena Stage. He is an alumnus of The Foundry, and the Playwrights Cohort, both run by PlayPenn in Philadelphia.
About the Series:
The Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County.
Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should Dave Ebersole, Keenya Jackson, Griffin Horn, or Julie Zaffarano at macplayreadingseries20@gmail.com. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.