can you read this?

Plays are meant to be staged, but what happens when you turn them into a book?  I started this discussion on Facebook, but thought I'd post an excerpt here so you can see what I'm talking about.  This excerpt from my play Mother Load is done in standard play format–is it readable?

Characters would be described briefly at the very start of the play—from that point on, you'd have to remember who's who:

List of Characters

Cleo:  black woman playwright about to turn 60; she is gregarious, magnetic, ...