The Dummies Guide to Murdering Your Husband, a reading of a new play by Nathan Johnson
“The Dummies Guide to Murdering Your Husband” — a new play by Nathan Johnson, will be read by professional actors in front of a live audience. The playwright will engage with the audience after the performance to collect feedback.
A pair of filthy rich and disgruntled husbands escape for a romantic getaway in a remote mountain cabin unaware that each has hatched a plot to murder the other. If you’ve ever loved someone so much but still thought, “I could murder him”—welcome home.
Nathan Johnson is a queer performer/playwright/artist. He was a finalist for the Dramatists Guild Fellowship and the Primary Stages Echoes Writing Group, a recipient of the National Queer Theatre-WIO Fellowship, winner of the Meanwhile Park Playwriting Prize, and Recipient of the Primary Stages Louise Rockwell Scholarship. His plays have been performed and/or received finalist positions at The SAUK, American Stage, The Artistic Home, Best Medicine Rep, B-Street Theatre, The Chain Theatre, The Magnetic Theatre, and many others. As an actor, he’s worked in off Broadway, television, and film (My Big Gay Italian Wedding, The Party planner with David Tutera, One Life to Live). MFA: Columbia University.
In partnership with Round The Bend Theatre — a mobile theater company with a mission to encourage Hudson Valley playwrights and their work in development. Through the process of inclusive readings and reflection, new voices are nurtured for future work.
Additional Round the Bend Theater productions at Byrdclffe Theater:
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 3 PM
The Dummies Guide to Murdering Your Husband, a reading of a new play by Nathan Johnson
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Sunday, June 28, 2026, 3 PM
Play-Off, a reading of a new play by Jason Wang
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Sunday, July 12, 2026, 3 PM
Loving Vivian, a new musical by Timothy Brown and Daniel Chadwick
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Sunday, July 26, 2026, 3 PM
The Goodness Robot, a reading of a new play by Paul Allman
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Sunday, August 9, 2026, 3 PM
Let There Be, a reading of a new play by Stephen Kaplan
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Sunday, August 23, 2026, 3 PM
Julia C, a reading of a new play by Daniel Pink
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