Rooms of Experience, Act 1

By Steffany Sommers

Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells

and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis

The call comes in at night.

An elderly woman.

A dead son.

A tank of helium left in plain sight.

Ada Wells doesn’t deny it.

She wanted his last day to be peaceful.

Enter Dana Jeffries, razor-sharp, undefeated, and hungry to prove herself.

Her boss, Harvey Davis, assigns the case for one reason: optics.

Defense attorney Alexis Martinez pushes back hard.

Detective Curtis starts questioning his own conclusions.

Gina Gordon protects Ada like family.

Carter becomes another pressure point inside the machine.

Rebecca is caught in the ripple effect.

Then Alexis shows Dana the home movies.

The real story.

The years no one saw.

The cost no one counted.

By the end of Act One, Dana walks out of Ada’s house shaken.

No longer sure the law and justice are the same thing.

Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed) as Ada Wells

with Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) as DA Harvey Davis

Craig Parker (The Lord of the Rings) as Detective Curtis

Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor) as Carter

Nora Zehetner (Heroes, Everwood) as Rebecca

Alyshia Ochse as Dana Jeffries

Candice Coke as Alexis Martinez

Eileen Grubba as Gina Gordon

Alain Uy as Ethan

and narrated by Sarah Elmaleh

Table Read is executive produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma. A Manifest Media production.

Rooms of Experience, Act 1
By Steffany Sommers
Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells
and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis
The call comes in at night.
An elderly woman.
A dead son.
A tank of helium left in plain sight.
Ada Wells&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t deny it.
She wanted his last day to be peaceful.
Enter&nbsp;Dana Jeffries, razor-sharp, undefeated, and hungry to prove herself.
Her boss,&nbsp;Harvey Davis, assigns the case for one reason: optics.
Defense attorney&nbsp;Alexis Martinez&nbsp;pushes back hard.
Detective Curtis&nbsp;starts questioning his own conclusions.
Gina Gordon&nbsp;protects Ada like family.
Carter&nbsp;becomes another pressure point inside the machine.
Rebecca&nbsp;is caught in the ripple effect.
Then Alexis shows Dana the home movies.
The real story.
The years no one saw.
The cost no one counted.
By the end of Act One, Dana walks out of Ada&rsquo;s house shaken.
No longer sure the law and justice are the same thing.
Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack&nbsp;(The Bad Seed) as&nbsp;Ada Wells
with&nbsp;Dan Lauria&nbsp;(The Wonder Years) as&nbsp;DA Harvey Davis
Craig Parker&nbsp;(The Lord of the Rings) as&nbsp;Detective Curtis
Nicholas Gonzalez&nbsp;(The Good Doctor) as&nbsp;Carter
Nora Zehetner&nbsp;(Heroes,&nbsp;Everwood) as&nbsp;Rebecca
Alyshia Ochse&nbsp;as&nbsp;Dana Jeffries
Candice Coke&nbsp;as&nbsp;Alexis Martinez
Eileen Grubba&nbsp;as&nbsp;Gina Gordon
Alain Uy&nbsp;as&nbsp;Ethan
and narrated by&nbsp;Sarah Elmaleh
Table Read is executive produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma. A Manifest Media production.

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