Theatre Festival
Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford Street
Photo by Brenda Cohen
Chairpersons: Jim Butterfield, Jim Robinson, Bill Smalley
Committee: The Mugford Street Players
Theatre has always been an integral part of our culture, reflecting and expanding the experience of those who are a part of that culture. From primitive storytelling to the massive, expensive formal productions of the present day, theatre informs, teaches and profoundly affects us all.
At this year’s Festival, we presented a variety of plays and readings, some are as short as 10 minutes in length, none over 50 minutes. They are comedies, drama and original plays.
Some of the plays were presented in a staged reading format. Staged readings are plays read by actors with possibly some movement and interaction between the actors. There is little set and few, if any props; there is no stage lighting.
Friday, July 3
2:00 PM
Dr Love
Author: Linda Weltner
Director – Pauline Wright
Dr. Love, a couples therapist, already has his own issues to contend with so how will he deal with the eight couples who desperately demand his attention. Will he crack?
Saturday, July 4
2:00 PM
Dr Love
Author: Linda Weltner
Director: Pauline Wright
Dr. Love, a couples therapist, already has his own issues to contend with so how will he deal with the eight couples who desperately demand his attention. Will he crack?
3:00 PM
Thirteen things About Ed Carpolotti
Author: Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: John Fogle
Performed by Georgette Beck
The widow of a wheeler-dealer contractor, Virginia discovers that her dear-departed husband Ed has left her in debt to the banks, her family and the mob - not to mention a mysterious demand for one-million bucks to bury a list of "thirteen things" highly embarrassing to her husband.
Sunday, July 5
2:00 PM
Readings from the Writers’ World
As they have done since Writers’ World started, The Mugford Street Players read selections from the winning entries from each writing category.
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