Wilder and Wilder

Here’s some gossip for you. American Repertory Theater alum Zuzanna Szadkowski (above) plays Ma Kirby in “The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden’’ and Genevieve in “The Long Christmas Dinner.’’ The actress known for her role as Dorota in “Gossip Girl’’ (see story on today’s Names page) will read the parts from Thornton Wilder’s darkly comic one-act plays, part of the American Voices: A Script in Hand Reading Series presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and the Boston Center for the Arts. 7 p.m. Free (donations for the Shakespeare Company are welcome). Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, Hall A, 527 Tremont St., Boston. 617-426-0863. www.commshakes.org