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STRIKE THE SET Food for Thought Productions presents a luncheon and two readings about organized labor: Dorothy Parker’s “Actor Strike Benefits” and “Waiting for Lefty” by Clifford Odets. Joel Vig directs. Today, 12:30 p.m., the Players, 16 Gramercy Park South, on 20th Street between Park Avenue and Irving Place, 212-362-2560, $52.
WEST MEETS EAST The Japan Society’s new Monday Play Reading introduces American audiences to contemporary Japanese plays. The first, Hisashi Inoue’s “The Face of Jizo,” explores a father-daughter relationship after the Hiroshima bombing (tonight, 7:30 p.m.). The second play, “Fireflies,” by Toshiro Suzue,explores the loneliness of several men and women in a large city (Monday, September 19, 7:30 p.m.). Series: Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-832-1155, $15 general, $12 members.
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