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Tuesday 3/4/2008
7 pm
Rutherford’s Travels
by David Barr III and Ilesa Duncan
7pm
A cavalier, self-confessed ‘rascal’ named Rutherford Calhoun is a recently freed slave in 1830 New Orleans. Deeply in debt to a local gangster, he is about to be forced into marriage with his prissy but cunning schoolteacher girlfriend, so he sneaks aboard an outbound ship, ‘The Republic’. Rutherford’s clever ‘escape’ backfires when he discovers the ship is actually a notorious ‘slaver’ headed to Africa to retrieve their precious ‘Black gold’ for an unholy transport back to America. Thus begins a voyage of horror and self-discovery that will change our young hero forever.
3/10/2008 Suicide, Incorporated
by Andrew Hinderaker
7pm
Welcome to "Legacy Letters," a consulting agency that will critique and
rewrite your suicide note. There's Scott, the meglomaniac boss who dreams of taking his company public. There's Perry, the poetry major whose farewell notes always wax a bit sentimental. And then there's Jason. The new hire. The one with the talent... as well as a hidden agenda. And from the moment Jason's first customer walks through the door, it becomes apparent that this editor has no intention of helping his clients die.
Blending dark humor and drama, SUICIDE, INCORPORATED asks why so many young men choose to end their lives. And what must be done so that more choose to live.
Previous 2007/2008 Readers Theater Performances
9/17/2007 girls
by Elizabeth Brandon
10/15/2007 As Reaper in Summer Grain
by Keith Byron Kirk
10/29/2007 Standing In Mattoon
by Tim Clue
Standing in Mattoon
is a play about a small town, with big stories. A recently divorced factory
worker is planning to relocate while a reverend from a small church loses his
congregation to the mega church. These two desperate souls enter a unique
contest of endurance in hopes that they can change their lives. A funny, sad
story about funny, sad people that want to change their funny, sad lives.
11/19/2007 Quark Gloria
by Bond Clunie
With commercial flights into outer space a reality, will we soar into the great beyond or feed the starving children on this planet? Dr. Alexandra Seabold, an astrophysics professor, and her husband Terry, a kindergarten teacher, face personal challenges and humanitarian urges as they struggle to decide “Is a taste of space worth it?”
Quark is a finalist in the STAGE (Scientists Technologists Artists Generating Exploration) International Script Competition for best new play about science and technology.
12/10/2007 The Wrong War
by Lee Kalcheim
The Wrong War explores World War II through the eyes of
Churchill and Hitler.
12/17/2007 Jerusalem
by Richard Harris
Conflicts abound when a real estate developer persuades 4
old buddies to invest in developing an outlandish Las Vegas resort-casino.
1/21/2008 And When We Awoke There Was Light And Light
by Laura Jacqmin
7pm
High school senior Katie thinks she's made friends online with a child soldier in Uganda named David. When she offers to help him come to the United States, she faces obstacles in the form of her liberal parents (who would rather just write a check) and her guidance counselor (who just wants to see her get into Harvard). When she learns that David hasn't been honest about his past, will she abandon the idea or trust a veritable stranger?
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