Oct 23: You Can’t Take It With You
Oct 30: The Teahouse of the August Moon
10:00 am Thursdays at Julia’s Cafe & Books
Oct 20 & 27: The Shrike
6:00 pm Mondays at the IHOP
Oct 20 & 27: The Skin of Our Teeth
Future events will be posted on our Calendar.
Thanks to Gabrielle Johansen for hosting Thursday mornings while Sandra and I belatedly celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, with Hallie, in Paris, Mont Saint Michel, and Amsterdam. Wonderful weather, fabulous time.
Now back to the business of reading plays.
PULITZER PLAYS at SEVEN DEVILS
August 19-24
Open Invitation
Sandra and I will be reading a play a day at my brother’s vacation home in Seven Devils (near Boone), and we’d love to have the company of as many as the house will sleep (six in three bedrooms, nine in the basement dormitory).
Drive up, spend a night or five, socialize, enjoy the mountain air, see the sights, and read some Pulitzer plays. Continue reading Charlotte Readers Retreat to the Hills
#17: Zoe Akins’ The Old Maid, Thursday. July 28, at Julia’s
Pulitzer Play #16: Sidney Kingsley’s Men in White, Monday, August 15, at the Cotswold IHOP
THREE EVENTS THIS WEEK
Pick One (or two, or three).
ICEBOUND, by Owen Davis, Tuesday evening, at Starbuck’s on Providence (click below)
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED, by Sydney Howard, Wednesday evening, at the home of Joyce Fischer in Matthews
ANNA CHRISTIE, by Eugene O’Neill (continued), Thursday morning at Julia’s
“LOVED tonight’s kickoff for the Cold Reads Pulitzer Play Reading Challenge! The place was humming with enthusiasm, conversation & laughter! Lovely way to end the day.”
So wrote Ealy Lim, one of the twenty-some who were there to read Act One of WHY MARRY?, the first play to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Continue reading COLD READS/CHARLOTTE GETS THE BALL ROLLING
FREE WEEK IN THE MOUNTAINS
July 19-24
Sandra and I will be reading a play a day at my brother’s vacation home in Seven Devils, and we’d love to have the company of as many friends (and friends of friends) as the house will sleep (fifteen beds, I think).
Drive up (bring a friend), spend a night or three, socialize, enjoy the mountain air, see the sights, and read a play.
(Sorry it’s mid-week, but that’s when it’s free. Maybe, if this works, we can do a weekend in the fall.)
IF YOU’RE COMING
Please JOIN on Facebook or Meetup, and add a comment indicating which night(s) you plan to stay, so we can plan.
Everybody gathers for the daily read (Monday evening, Tuesday-Thursday brunchtime). Otherwise, there’s no commitment; we’re all on our own to come and go, do as we will.
Everyone feeds themselves; we share the kitchen. It’s a ways down the mountain to the convenience store and the Grandview Restaurant. If we’re more than eight or ten (not likely) we’ll fight for hot water.
Be aware that fellow readers may be strangers from other walks of life. If that makes you nervous, bring a friend.
The plays are:
Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel
Not About Nightingales, by Tennessee Williams
Tartuffe,by Miliere
Major Barbara, by G B Shaw
Download them here:
Cold Reads/International 