Lionel Boyce

Lies, betrayal, power plays, backstabbing, mystery, intrigue, scandal – this is the papal conclave: a shadowy, high-stakes assembly of the Catholic College of Cardinals, summoned when the pope dies, to elect the next Pope. Who could’ve imagined that so much drama lurks beneath the Vatican’s gilded ceilings? Now, experience the tension firsthand as Edward Berger, director of Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front, brings his award-winning film Conclave to life with a one-night-only Live Read at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls in love with the girlfriend of a local gangster. To get revenge, the gangster sets up a frame-up to send the innocent man to prison. With his life ruined, Miller plots revenge against the man who took his girlfriend away from him.

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

Struggling actress Samantha is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company that promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career are transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, Zoe Shannon. When a string of former Shell patients goes missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson, Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.

A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop after his brother’s suicide.