Washington Stage Guild presents a staged reading of “A Thing of Beauty,” a new comedy by D.W. Gregory, at the Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival Sept. 2. Directed by Steven Carpenter, the reading will take place at 10 a.m. and will feature company members Bill Largess, Laura Giannarelli and Lynn Steinmetz.

The story: In post-war New England, the leading citizens of a stuffy seaside town engage in a mad scramble to restore propriety after a painting of an anonymous nude takes the top prize in the community’s first annual art competition.

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