The best reason to go is to be drawn into another world from the opening line to the final curtain and walk out gratified, if not transformed, a better person. This sometimes happens when a good play is well-produced.

Good reasons not to go: it costs too much, and too often the plays are trite or trash (or trashy) or (more often still) poorly played, misinterpreted. At best we’re amused. Continue reading To Go or Not to Go →

b Drama, C Digital Scripts, d America: O'Neill to Albee

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July 3, 2015 George Gray

a Starters, C Digital Scripts, d America: O'Neill to Albee, e Family, j Pulitzer Prize

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Charlotte, Events

Cold Reads Mountain Retreat

June 30, 2015 George Gray 2 Comments

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:

Scripts: Mountain Retreat

a Early Realism/Naturalism, A Period, C Digital Scripts