Open Jar Studios will host an invitation-only reading of new dance musical When We Touch November 16. The historical dance narrative set in 1989 Berlin one week before the fall of the Berlin wall features music and lyrics by queer artist LP. Reed Luplau will direct the reading of his original work, which will also feature his choreography. Musical arrangements are by Jacob Yates, the project's co-creator.

When We Touch follows Elias, the queer son of a German agent one week before the fall of the Berlin wall. As his mother works on the defense lines, Elias, yearning for liberation, bands together with his defiant friends and his lover Jasper to conceive a plan of escape. 

The reading will be performed by Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge), Hannah Corneau (Wicked), Gaby Diaz (Only Gold), Karli Dinardo (Bob Fosse’s Dancin’), Daniel Gaymon, Stephen Hernandez (Moulin Rouge), Bahiyah Hibah (Moulin Rouge), Melissa Rose Hirsch, Gabriel Hyman (Bob Fosse’s Dancin’), Kody Jauron, Kolton Krouse (Bob Fosse’s Dancin’) Andre Malcolm, Olivia Puckett, Bobby Conte (Company), and Jena VanElslander. 

When We Touch features production design by Sarina Rivera and costume design by DW.